Blue Yard Garden - No Good Sundays | ||
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Album Cover: ![[Image]](../../Images/byg.gif) |
Label: Empyrean Producers: BYG & Bob DeWald Promotion: Abbott Promotions Year: 1998 Total Playing Time: 64:06 m:s Review date: 3 May 1999 |
| Web site: http://www.blueyardgarden.com , Abbott Promotions
Email: Abbott Promotions | ||
| Rating: 6 | ||
| Verdict: Background music. | ||
| Tonight I watched an American teen angst drama series called Dawson's Creek. The soundtrack music in the series reminded me that I still had to write this review. Even though I've listened to this for a few weeks, that is actually the closest comparison I can come up with - "sounds like it belongs on the Dawson's Creek soundtrack". On the first couple of listens Hootie & The Blowfish sprang to mind, so you get the idea of the broad musical genre BYG are appealing to. Second tune, "No Victim", takes on a bit of a jazzy/soul vibe and somebody like Van Morrison gets thrown into the equation. The band has that laid back vibe that Van often adopts. Later on the best song award goes to "Moon Song" which has an organ swirling around in the background and also displays a Van Morrison meets Hootie vibe. With the exception of "Direction Home" which picks up the pace, the remainder of the songs are acoustic & semi-acoustic fairly slow tempo numbers. "John Henry" adds a bit of variety at the end by adding a funk-tinged backgound. Each song is preceded by a sample taken from what sounds like a 50s movie, but the CD liner notes don't mention which one. I listened to the sound samples at their web site and thought this might be of interest. However, when presented with the full album, I find it just too laid back for me. This is the type of music I'd use as background music when reading a book, but I don't think I'd ever take notice, put the book down, and start listening to the music properly. I would prefer the balance to be in favour of tunes in a similar style to "No Victim" & "Moon Song" which I enjoy. | ||
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