Erasure - Nightbird
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Artist: ErasureEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-01-25
Music Label: Mute U.S.
Soundtracks:
- No Doubt
- Here I Go Impossible Again
- Let's Take One More Rocket to the Moon
- Breathe
- I'll Be There
- Because Our Love Is Real
- Don't Say You Love Me
- All This Time Still Falling Out of Love
- I Broke It All in Two
- Sweet Surrender
- I Bet You're Mad at Me
Free Music Notes for Nightbird
Free Music Review: Thoughts on this most recent Erasure album...
Hit: 5 Stars
Okay, the first thing that I'll admit here is that I'm a relatively "young" Erasure fan - I'm 23, and this is only the third album I've bought by them, although I am familiar with many of their older, 80's hits from hearing them on the radio.
I first got into them when I was twelve, and I Say I Say I Say had just been released. I was just completely stunned by that album - loved it, lived it, listened to it every single day. Once Cowboy came out in 1997, I bought that next, and liked it, though at the time, I felt it was inferior to I Say. Either way, I was a teenage girl that thought Erasure were pretty awesome.
Then I sort of forgot about Erasure for a few years, as I entered my late teens and twenties, and only recently got back into them, wanting to listen to some upbeat tunes at work. I dug out my old CD's, completely rediscovered the old wonderful songs with my now-adult ears, and decided to check out Nightbird.
This album is not as upbeat as some of their previous ones, but I think that's why I like it so much. The songs are mellow and absolutely beautiful. Andy Bell's voice is otherworldly, and time hasn't weathered it very much at all in the last ten years (which is amazing to me.) I would have to agree with another reviewer who stated that Andy Bell is one of the best male vocalists around today (I'm paraphrasing, of course.) His voice is so clear, so smooth and elegantly nuanced that you cannot help but be transfixed by the songs on this album.
My particular favorite songs on Nightbird are "Here I Go Impossible Again," for the interesting song structure and the lyrics - while simple - convey emotions that I'm sure we've all felt towards a lover at some point in our lives.
The vocals during the very simple chorus of "Breathe" are nothing short of stunning, and the song itself is very pretty and relaxing. I'm probably sounding like a broken record by now with these descriptions, but I can't help it! There aren't many other words you can use to describe Erasure's music other than "beautiful," "stunning" and other such adjectives.
My other favorites on the album include the opening track "No Doubt" and "Because Our Love Is Real," for many of the same reasons I've listed above. Which isn't to say that the songs sound the same, but just that they're all equally pretty and uplifting in some way.
I'm afraid I've gotten a bit long-winded with this review, so I'll summarize now and then stop typing! In short, whether you've been an Erasure fan forever or if you're just a fan of pretty, soaring pop songs, this album is for you :)
Nightbird Poster
Japanese pressing of the synth-pop duo's 2005 album, scheduled to include one bonus track. Details TBA. EMI.This album arrived shortly after singer Andy Bell's revelation that he had been living with HIV for more than six years, suffering from debilitating pain. It's no wonder the music carries a more somber tone than the sugar-smacked synth-pop of '80s hits "Chain of Love" and "Blue Savannah." But it's hardly a gloomy affair. Yes, there is a more ominous tone to lyrics like "The tears that are falling, there's no room for doubt." And yes, the choruses aren't quite as chaotic. But for the most part this is vintage Erasure, right down to the Casio-sounding keyboards that permeate tracks like "Here I Go Impossible Again" and the ABBA imbued cheek of "Don't Say You Love Me." Erasure is clearly a band too engrossed by life to be knocked down by its mundane realities. --Aidin Vaziri
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