Track Listing
1. Brace Yourself
2. Perfect Time of Day
3. Collide
4. Trouble in Here
5. Sunday Morning Song
6. I'll Take You On
7. She Says
8. Numbness For Sound
9. You & A Promise
10. End of Our Days
11. Come Lay Down
12. This Time Around
13. Standing in the Sun
14. Brace Yourself - (acoustic)
15. Collide - (acoustic)
| Details | | Producer: | Youth | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Howie Day (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano); Les Hall (guitar, piano, Wurlitzer piano, harmonium, Mellotron, synthesizer, vibraphone, tambour); J. Clifford (guitar, background vocals); Simon Jones (bass guitar); Laurie Jenkins, Mark Heaney (drums).
Recording information: Olympic Studios, London, England.
Though his first indie LP was subsequently reissued on Epic, this is Howie Day's first full-length album for a major label. If it's a bit less quirky than his previous MADRIGALS EP, it's also more confident-sounding and not quite as precious. Not that Day has abandoned his gentle, Coldplay-meets-Jeff Buckley folk-rock sound. It's simply that STOP ALL THE WORLD NOW, produced by Killing Joke bassist Youth, evens out Day's style a bit. The soaring, angelic falsetto is frequently accompanied by ascending dynamics and some forthright electric guitar backing. No one's going to mistake songs like the vibraphone-laden lazy-Sunday ballad "I'll Take You On" (from whose lyrics this album's title is drawn) for the Strokes or anything, but fans of the poppier side of Britpop might just take a fancy to this emotive singer-songwriter's modestly rocking mood music.
Editorial Reviews
...His brand of radio-friendly pop should keep him well paid and trailed by adoring fans for a long time....Jeff Buckley fans will find a lot to enjoy here...
CMJ (10/20/2003)
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