Patrick Watson Close To Paradise
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Tuesday, 09 October 2007 |
Music Reviews Artist: Patrick WatsonTitle: 'Close To Paradise'Label: Secret City/V2
  Patrick Watson while the name of the aforementioned Canadian singer-songwriter, is somewhat confusingly also the name of the subsequent band he fronts. ’Close To Paradise’ is the second band effort following 2003’s ’ Just Another Day’. The sound of the album is mostly a relaxed, subdued affair, wherein elements of pop cabaret jostle with classical and more jazzy influences. The artist has previously been compared to Jeff Buckley, and to be fair a lot of Buckley is detectable in the yearning vocals and tasteful instrumentation throughout. However unlike said artist no rockier sound is really noticeable and as such the album can at times becomes an often one-paced affair. On a positive note such an occurrence helps the album retain a clear character and mood throughout, however this can at times be at the point of lack of variety. It’s the type of music that the writer can visualise going over particularly well in a small smoky club, and while it’s thankfully no Dido it proves effective in the background also. When songs come alive such as ’Luscious Life’ the artist appears on the right track, but overall the music is much akin to a collage in the sense that each track makes up a whole picture as opposed to single highlights. Production wise things are quite ambitious with piano the dominant instrument and guitars adding colour and jazzy drums. The sound is quite full, partially cluttered but overall strongly performed and played. Overall mostly every box is ticked, and have no doubt this is a good, strongly performed album, however perhaps some more time can be set aside for the songs next time.
Rating: 3/5
Label: Secret City Records/V2
Words: John Tonner
Editor review : Patrick Watson \'Close To Paradise\'
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Overall rating
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3.0 |
| Originality
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2.0 |
| Lyrics
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3.0 |
| Memorability
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3.0 |
| Melody
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3.0 |
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4.0 |
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