Gordon Hands - Lets See It Through - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

ADVENTURES IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD was made at home after a grueling five-year run that saw Patrick and his band tour the world in support of two critically-acclaimed and successful albums, including the Polaris award-winning CLOSE TO PARADISE. Album Tracks 1. Lighthouse 2. Blackwind 3. Step Out for a While 4. The Quiet Crowd 5. Into Giants 6. Morning Sheets 7. Words in the Fire 8. Things We Do 9. Strange Crooked Road 10. Noisy Sunday 11. Adventures in Your Own Backyard 12. Swimming Pools

USA Today has proclaimed the self-titled debut from Gordon to be one of the most anticipated releases of 1999. Produced by alternative rock legend Brenden O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine) this record offers some of the smartest and most uplifting pop around. Album Tracks 1. Fortified Grapes 2. Tickets of Freedom 3. Pain 4. Better Daze 5. Could Be Worse 6. Glow 7. To the Elevator 8. Feed 9. Left Alone 10. Mr. Cornucopia 11. Long Island

While the whole of the UK seemed to be mining the sound of The Beatles, Stones and The Who as Britpop slavishly paid homage to the 60s, The Sound Of McAlmont And Butler took it's influences more from music of Dusty Springfield, Scott Walker, Andy Williams and Burt Bacharach while creating something unique and timeless. Rock, indie, soul, jazz and folk all meld in an album full of beguiling momentsBernard Butler had risen to fame as guitarist with Suede, who he'd left in 1994. After six months of solo writing, he approached ex- Thieves singer David McAlmont at London's Jazz Café, with the bare bones of a song, Yes. McAlmont added lyrics, and the track soared to No 8 in the UK charts, becoming the sound of summer 1995. It is impossible to listen to Yes without breaking into a beaming smile. With this headstart, the duo recorded more sides together - the Top 20 hit You Do and attendant tracks. However, it ended as quickly as it had began. Never intended as a long- term arrangement, McAlmont & Butler were over by autumn 1995. Considering The Sound Of McAlmont & Butler is effectively a compilation of the duo's sessions as opposed to a planned work, it has a tremendous consistency. A lot of the tracks were recorded as bonus tracks for CD singles (the 90s equivalent of a B- side), and retain a spontaneous air alongside the huge production numbers of Yes, You Do and Disappointment. This re-issue faithfully replicates the original 1995 Virgin Records UK with printed inner sleeve and is pressed onto high quality 180g vinyl Album Tracks 1. Yes (Full Version) 2. What's the Excuse This Time? 3. The Right Thing 4. Although 5. Don't Call It Soul 6. Disappointment 7. Interval 8. The Debitor / How About You? 9. Tonight 10. You'll Lose a Good Thing 11. You Do (Full Length)