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| Artist: Seth Lakeman
Label: Relentless
Category: Music
List Price: £12.99
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 165
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
EAN: 5099921700323
ASIN: B0019KC5Y4
Release Date: June 30, 2008
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A future superstar? June 30, 2008
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
I have been a fan of Seth since the release of the 'Punch Bowl'back in '02, and each album has seen a slight shift but with increasing confidence in his abilities as a songwriter.
My 16 year old daughter thinks he's a 'bit of alright', but more saliently she likes quite a few tracks on this. Now the inverted snob in me would immediately think 'hang on somethings not right here'. Well everything is right here, right from the beginning of the first track which invades your ears with a fabulous pulsing drum beat. Into the second track and I could invoke folk purist aloofness,but it rocks, has a groove and is ...well marvellous. He is still deeply drawn to his part of the world lyrically, feather in a storm being a tale of wreckers luring ships to doom .I am not going to do one of those drawling song by song breakdown. It's quite simple really , if you like Seth already you can't fail to be impressed, if you don't well dip your toe in some of the finest music available,passion,skill,tradition,great instrument playing and very polished but firmly rooted in the folk idiom. The tingle factor is quite high with this album, and I suspect we are listening to a potential future superstar.
Outstanding Achievement June 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If shear talent and originality equated to success, Seth Lakeman would be selling out 10 nights at Wembley Stadium by now. Unfortunately, this is England (X-Factor Land) and he's still one of the country's best kept secrets. Despite rave reviews and plaudits from "those in the know", big success still eludes him. Although that's probably not a bad thing if, like me, you can still catch him live in venues a fraction the size of what his talent deserves. "Poor Man's Heaven" isn't quite as accessible as his last album, it's much more gutsy/rootsy, but it's equally as good if not better. It is still exactly what you'd expect from Seth; breathtaking musicianship and superb songwriting. The lyrical imagery is both gripping and overwhelming. Seth Lakeman has single handedly taken traditional English folk and really burned something new into it and it's about time he got the recognition he deserves. Poor Man's Heaven is easily the best new album I've heard this year. Why only 4 stars then? Well, it's great but it's no Physical Graphitti!
 Folking great ho down! June 28, 2008
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
If you're already the proud owner of Seth's previous albums then the best way I can describe this is as like Kitty Jay and Lady of the Sea - its fast, loud and foot stomping. There's a couple of slow songs but the pace doesn't stop.
If you're new to Seth then hello. Maybe you like folk music with a bit of a kick or if you're a fan of people like Clannad or The Levellers then this is certainly up your street. The inspiration for the album is the Cornish coast including the Penlee lifeboat tragedy, shipwrecks, old Cornish legends about standing stones and a race to catch whales. All of this may sound a little odd but its the way its delivered - with a striking drum and a frantic fiddle.
I can't praise this album enough - it was played full blast several times on a 4 hour drive if thats a good recommendation! If you get the chance to see any of these songs performed live then you're in for a treat.
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