Ray LaMontagne - Trouble
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Artist: Ray LaMontagneEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-09-14
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- Trouble
- Shelter
- Hold You In My Arms
- Narrow Escape
- Burn
- Forever My Friend
- Hannah
- How Come
- Jolene
- All The Wild Horses
Free Music Notes for Trouble
Free Music Review: Music that is real and raw, an emotional triumph...
Hit: 5 Stars
I remember the first time I heard the title track `Trouble'. I fell in love instantly with the smoky, folksy feel to the song. Beings that two of my favorite singers happen to be Damien Rice and David Gray it's only inevitable that Ray LaMontagne would end up very high on my list as well. He sounds almost like a musical compilation of the two, with Damien's rustic and raw musical style accompanied with a gruffer version of David's dark voice. On `Trouble' Ray easily captivates his audience with a collection of raw and appealing tracks all capitalizing on Ray's magnetism. Offering us tracks that slip into that southern almost country feel as well as sheer folk rock and good old fashioned rock & roll, `Trouble' is in the end a very well rounded album.
Things start with the title track `Trouble' and even after listening to the magnificence of the entire album I must say that this track is truly a standout. Just the way Ray's rough voice elevates with an almost smooth sounding resonance as he bellows "trouble...trouble, trouble, trouble" is enough to calm the nerves. It's elegant despite its gruff exterior. He does this to even more impressive heights on `Burn' for as he utters the open words "Oh momma" I'm lost in his soul. I've said this before when reviewing other artists work but it's so true...if you can't feel their soul then you might as well put down the record. Ray LaMontagne bears his soul on every track here, and `Burn' is one superlative example of this. Another is one of my favorite tracks, `Shelter'. The song effortlessly glides over the listeners ears with its delicate vocals and smooth musical development. It's a truly beautiful song.
Songs like `The Narrow Escape' find themselves in almost Johnny Cash territory, real southern with the harmonica adding to that southern flare. It's very folksy, like something you'd see a group of rednecks playing on wooden chairs outside the local fishing tackle store for the local townsfolk. That may sound like a bad thing but it's so not. `How Come' has a much more upbeat feel to it, one of those songs you want to move to. It deals with deep subject as in real issues with the world today and questioning why we see all the horrible things taking place day in and day out. `Hannah' incorporates piano chords that sound as if they belong in a saloon and a violin, which is never a bad thing, but `Hannah' still probably winds up my least favorite track here. It's still a good song, but not as good as the rest of the album.
`Jolene' is a much softer track, and in its subtle and almost dark musical atmosphere Ray's gruff vocals truly elevate the mood of the song. `Hold You in My Arms' is a beautifully done track about the consoling nature of a true friend. Ray gets this feeling across spectacularly. `Forever My Friend' is another song that seems a bit more upbeat. The musical arrangement is perfectly complimented by Ray's vocals, and the lyrical message is one that is also upbeat and sweet. `All The Wild Horses' closes the album, and it does so wonderfully. The musical opening to the song gives the impression of something epic, something grandiose and important, and Ray's ghostly delivery helps keep the song strong and mysterious.
So, from start to finish `Trouble' is an album to love and adore, one to relish and admire for Ray LaMontagne has beautifully captured his spirit, his soul and delivered to us a raw and revealing look at what true talent can accomplish.
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Ray LaMontagne emerged in 2004 from a secluded family life in Maine seemingly fully formed as a singer, songwriter and performer. His 2004 debut, Trouble, became one of that year's most acclaimed debuts, spawning an instant classic single in the album's title track.Some singer/songwriters (think Paul Westerberg and Elliott Smith) develop their world-weariness through the unforgiving trials of passing years and the heart-breaking grind of the music business. Others (Van Morrison, Neil Young) seem to have sprung from out of nowhere with the fully formed soul of a life well-lived. Ray LaMontagne belongs with the latter. On this, his debut, LaMontagne has crafted a handful of quietly devastating meditations on life and love--and delivered them with a raspy vocal all his own. The simple, mournful lyrics of "Burn," "Shelter" and the title track recall a Hank Williams ballad, and the reserved production by alt-country/americana genius Ethan Johns (the Jayhawks, Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon) make this a great disc for smoky Saturday nights, and rainy Sunday mornings. --Ben Heege
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