"I'd Like To Call it Beauty"
For just a few moments, it is as though Corinne Bailey Rae has forgotten she has an audience. At the close of the bell-strewn rock gospel "Love Is on its Way" - a new track that fleetingly suggests Lauryn Hill singing Radiohead ..........
Fantastic review of Corinne Bailey Rae in the Observer today.
The new LP, out February, sounds so great - I want it want it NOW !!
"I'd Like To Call it Beauty" finds Bailey Rae's sweet ebbing and flowing propped up by full-band harmonies, as her acoustic guitar plays off against organ sounds.
You have to strain to hear the words because they tail off into sighs. Rather than being a source for complaint, this new, authoritative ephemerality - think Cat Power crossed with Nina Simone - promotes Bailey Rae instantly into a higher echelon of vocalist.
In 2006, when her debut came out, it was pitted against Amy Winehouse's Back to Black, an infinitely richer record.
Now, The Sea is squaring up to be Bailey Rae's own Back to Black, a rewarding hit built on hurt.
Click the link to read the full review.
