Gary Daly - Time It Takes (2019)

Описание: "Gone From Here" is Gary Daly’s debut solo album. Daly, one of the founding members of China Crisis, a group still very much active and still producing incredible music. Their most recent release came in 2015, "Autumn In The Neighbourhood". On this album, Daly works with three producers, David Berger, Carl Brown, and Brian McNeill, who have an understanding of what Daly wants to achieve, and the end result is a well-produced album. Mark Pythian (who has worked with China Crisis in the past), is able to take the many sounds combined on this album and present a perfect mix and balance.

On "Gone From Here", Daly is able to further explore his excursions into melodic music with deeply personal lyrics. As usual, the combination works. There is not a weak song on this collection. It is a well-crafted album full of pop, jazz and experimental music. All these genres come together to form a very cohesive and engaging albums. He also receives some help from noted musicians, such as Tom Moth (Florence and The Machine) and Chris Hutchinson (Outfit).

Of all the tracks on “Gone from Here”, “Time It Takes” is probably the one that will most please fans of the quintessential China Crisis sound. In fact, sounding soft and breezy with a jazzy sophistipop feel, more than any other song on the album, this feels like it could easily have been salvaged from the sessions that produced the sublime “Flaunt the Imperfection” back in the group’s halcyon days. Percussively propelled along by a trademark booming bassline, the highlight here is a melodic middle-eight, featuring a gorgeous counter melody which bridges the lyrical divide between the earlier despairing faded love of ‘I have lost all feeling in my heart for you,’ to the more optimistic and conciliatory, “Well you know deep down I’m gonna change for you”. A few Walter Becker-esque electric guitar licks and handsome backing vocals on the outro seal the deal.

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