She's the voice of Everything But The Girl and that alone should give you enough confidence to listen to this...
This is her second solo album after 1983 "A Distant Shore", in between she's been busy with Ben Watt releasing astonishing music till things fell apart with "Temperamental" (1999) where their transformation from soul/jazz influenced pop completely gave up to "clubland" tunes that began with the Todd Terry remix of "Missing".
In these eleven tracks you won't find heavenly melodies like "Angel" from "Love & Money" or the classy arrangements of "The Language of Love" but you'll still enjoy most of this thanks to Tracey amazing voice. Only her vocal talent can save the paper thin melody of single "It's All True" or (wanna be "Missing") "Grand Canyon", while "Hands Up To The Ceiling" is so close to the sound of vintage EBTG that made me go through my record collection wanting to play those old albums...
"Out Of The Woods" is a good album, nothing that will be remembered for days to come but its a precious document of the present. Be grateful this wonderful voice is back! Call it nostalgia if you want...
7/10
1 comment:
...so you expect an artist to remain in the same phase as a 1984 release?
C'mon now. Both Tracey and Ben have grown tremendously as artists; they have just moved in a direction outside of your comfort zone. There's *NO* Doubt this album will stand the test of time.
And nothing "fell apart" post-Temperamental. Thorn simply decided to take a break and focus on her motherly duties.
...and the only thing "It's All True" has in common with "Missing" is that it's been released as a single? C'mon now...
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