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| Artist: Stephen Duffy And The Lilac Time
Label: Universal
Category: Music
List Price: £8.99
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 55562
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 684340000380
EAN: 0684340000380
ASIN: B0000AHEC0
Release Date: July 21, 2003
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guitar pop heaven October 13, 2003
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Stephen Duffy is one of the most deserving men in pop. His unique blend of wistful melodies & sunshine pop is aural prozac. 'Keep Going' is a gem. Brighten up your day: buy this album now.
Keeps getting better July 31, 2003
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
With every album he seems to get better culminating in his most consistantly wonderful work to date. What seems like a three star album on the first listen is in fact a five star GREAT work of art and one of the most beautiful musical experiences you'll have in a long while. It's a raw, subtle, poetic, warm, gentle, melancholy and, most of all, emotionally TRUE album. Stephen's burgeoning confidence in his abilities and understanding of his distinctive voice results in the most consistant collection of some of his finest songs. Ladies and gentlemen once you like him you'll grow to adore him and you'll never tire of his music. If you appreciated David Gray's 'New Day at Midnight' then listen to 'Keep Going' and hope Gray one day becomes as consistantly good as this!
Duffy does it again! July 30, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Isn’t it a wonderful thing when an artist 20 years into their career is genuinely making the best music of their career? It rarely happens so lets embrace it.
Stephen Duffy’s early Lilac Time records are warmly adored by many loyal fans, but it’s my opinion that Duffy’s best records have all been in the last 5 years: the effervescent pop of “I Love My Frieds” (1998); the tender country folk of “Looking For A Day In The Night” (1999); and now “Keep Going” – his best album yet.
Duffy is a Dylan fan and you can tell he’s listened to a lot over the last few years. There is quite a Freewheelin’… style to this. He’s never played so much harmonica (don’t worry – it’s in tune) and the startling finger picking acoustic guitar playing on “So Far Away” echoes Dylans’ “Don’t Think Twice”.
Duffy also excels lyrically too. He has a beautiful way of observing the subtleties of life. On “The Silence” he chronicles a doomed relationship. Nothing dramatic happens – there is no cheating, no beating, it’s just fading. “Love’s quite inefficiencies let us down” he sings regretfully with his beautifully rich voice.
Duffy performs a lot of this album by himself, but when he is accompanied by others, they are musicians of supreme quality. Keyboardist and backing vocalist Claire Worrall has a voice so crystal clear and has such an understanding of harmony, it’s baffling as to why she isn’t a star of Dido-sized proportions herself. When Duffy and Worrall sing together it does echo the 70’s albums where Neil Young sang with Linda Ronstandt and Nicolette Larson…only better.
Don’t worry about its down-beat lyrical tone. The music is of such a high quality it will enrich your soul! For a record with such a stripped down style, it’s a surprisingly great headphones album.
I came to Duffy’s music disgustingly late. He’s an artist that I was always aware of, knew of the glowing reviews, but foolishly didn’t investigate further. I know there are others of you out there too. Don’t make the same mistake! Folk fans, country fans, Britpop fans… lovers of great music…Buy this album!
Britain's Best Songwriter Keeps Going ! July 28, 2003
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
It would be marvellous to think that one of these days Stephen Duffy will finally get the recognition he so richly deserves as one of Britain's greatest ever Songwriters. The sad fact is that his music is just Too Good to ever be truly popular in these disposable times. You see, you have to listen to his songs, you have to understand the craftsmanship and grasp the emotion in the lyrics and sadly a lot of people wont want to be bothered to do that. This , the 7th album to carry the Lilac Time label , is just such an album -13 Deeply personal songs immaculately performed . Written at a time of personal loss this is incredibly moving stuff - it will appeal to anyone who has ever loved and lost . Musically it is gentle, accoustic , The obvious comparison is Nick Drake but Duffy's music is very much his own. acoustic guitars with soft drums, occasional steel guitar and even banjo (yes , it works!) . Quietly understated vocals with harmonies from Claire Worrall blend perfectly to create an album of musical perfection. If you're tired of synthetic manufactured pop and long for someone who writes and performs real music with feeling then buy this album now - It could just be your album of the year. It is mine.
intensely beautiful July 23, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
this new album is a collection of precious jewels all put in the same box together. Opens with "home" an apparently little simple song that reveals to be a very good introduction to the rest of the album. "Don't feed the rats" and "Bank Holiday Monday" being the two obvious most catchy songs. "I wasn't scared of flying" is az bluesy 6 minutes long master piece with a high voice on chorus, quite new to Mr Duffy, "Keep going" "The 12 Tones" are exploring the country music side of the man, and the 4 last songs setting a very thick and intense delightfully despaired mood "Already Gone" closing it all in a nearly 6 minutes apotheosis of guitars and harmonica.
The voice has never been that clear and intense, nor has his guitar picking been smoother.
Of course it's a dark album but this is fascinating darkness and melancholy that makes you feel like wrapping into it. If you love great melodies, beautiful lyrics, delicate moods, warmfull voice, then you can press "add to basket" immediately.
If you like dancing to upbeat electronical tunes with meaningless lyrics then this album is definetely NOT for you !
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