Considering the past she had spent “makin’ time”, my expectations regarding this one might’ve been set a bit too high, but then again, I couldn’t really expect her Hammond-organisation to be accompanied with a Marriott-like soulful growl, could I?
However, the songs ARE there, it’s just that most of them are what they call “growers”, requiring a coupla listens to get into your own “soul”. The arrangements are mostly reminiscent of late’60s post-mod soulful stuff, be it the heavier “afterglow” of The Small Faces mid’60s stuff (Stand Up), some of Brian Auger’s Julie Driscoll-featured stuff (Hills Of The North, Same Skin), big beat balladery (In The Fire, Free) or just plain upbeat rawking (Always The Sky).
Occasionally, she also gets into the more conventional pop area, as heard in White Horses, which might even garner some mainstream airplay, if given a proper chance, and of course, when it comes to Hammond-based line ups, there’s always some space to be found for an instro or two, which Fay fills out with two pretty cool dance floor fillers.
The follow up single We Live To Shine, might as well be considered a companion release, with all three songs fulfilling all of the above criteria.
[Released by Biff Bang Pow 2006]
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