Track Listing 1. Check the Meaning 2. Buy It in Bottles 3. Bright Lights 4. Paradise 5. God in the Numbers 6. Science of Silence 7. Man on a Mission 8. Running Away 9. Lord I've Been Trying 10. Nature Is the Law
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Brian Wilson, Chuck Leavell, Talvin Singh | | Distributor: | Phantom Import Distributi | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel: Richard Ashcroft (vocals, guitar, piano, bass); Brian Wilson (vocals); Jim Hunt (flute, saxophone); Chuck Leavell (piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Matt Clifford (Wurlitzer piano); Kate Radley (keyboards); Martin Campbell (bass); Pete Salisbury (drums); Talvin Singh (tablas); Craig Wagstaff (percussion); Richard Robson, Steve Sidelnyk (programming); Talvin Singh (turntables); Brian Wilson (background vocals). Recorded at Metropolis, Olympic, and Astoria Studios, London, England and at Real World Studios, Bath, England. This release from the critically acclaimed songwriter Richard Ashcroft features ten tracks, including "Buy It In Bottles" and "Check the Meaning."
Editorial Reviews ...Ashcroft has gradually made the shift from staring inward to looking outward, as his songs have taken on an increasingly cosmic scope... CMJ (12/02/2002)
...Though elaborately orchestrated, the songs retain their intimacy, communicated in Ashcroft's vocals, which, over the years, keep getting warmer... - Rating: A Entertainment Weekly (03/07/2003)
3 stars out of 5 - ...The orchestration is fantastic...there is nobody in British pop who does those string-laden crescendos more convincingly than Ashcroft and his arranger Will Malone... Uncut (11/01/2002)
...Charms with its hungry troubadour's idealism. Mojo (11/01/2002)
8 out of 10 - ...Stunning pop for pale after-party people... Spin (03/01/2003)
3 stars out of 5 - ...Ashcroft's mastery of balladry makes 'Buy It in Bottles' his best since the Verve's 'Lucky Man'... Rolling Stone (03/06/2003)
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