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Lowedges
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0634904016524
Label: Xl Recordings
Manufacturer: Xl Recordings
MPN: 40165
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Xl Recordings
Release Date: May 20, 2003
Studio: Xl Recordings
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Editorial Review:
Lowedges is Richard Hawley's third album. Neither of its predecessors caused riots in record stores, but pretty much everyone who has paid attention to British pop music in the last decade has heard Richard Hawley. As a session guitarist for Pulp, Robbie Williams, Beth Orton, and others, Hawley commands the airwaves to a degree that any similar singer-songwriter would kill for. It can't be easy though to live with the irony that the work that appears under his own name is his least known and by some distance his best.
Lowedges sees Hawley sticking to the template he established on his two previous solo albums: knelling, tuneful ballads are built around an acoustic guitar and sung with a guttural croon that pitches somewhere between Edwyn Collins and the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon. Like Leonard Cohen and Lee Hazlewood, Hawley revels in melancholy. Tracks such as "On the Ledge" and "You Don't Miss Your Water (Till Your River Runs Dry)" are confections of the most sumptuous misery. --Andrew Mueller
Massively anticipated follow up to 2001's acclaimed 'Late Night Final'. Displaying his unique brand of windswept Yorkshire/Nashville crossover, 'Lowedges' is both classic and timeless. As a musician's musician Richard has received reverential acclaim from the likes of Coldplay, Doves, Nick Cave, Badly Drawn Boy and Radiohead. After working with amongst others Pulp, All Saints, Perry Farrell, Nellee Hooper & Baz Luhrman. XL Recordings. 2003.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - more great work from this artist.
hard to say which is my favorite richard hawley recording, each one is fantastic. if you haven't yet heard him just start with any one of his cds. this one is wonderful: deeply lush, rich, and filled with gorgeous melodies. and mr hawley has one of the great voices currently going in pop music. a great sunday afternoon recording, or early evening recording, or anytime at all recording to listen to. don't miss this artist.
Rating: - Pleasant & special
It is difficult to create songs for "nostalgia" and that always are beautiful. Richard Hawley does it!
Rating: - Hear Richard's songs on the world , love and life
I suppose the main thing to say about Richard would be that his voice is not for extreme rock and roll fans . It is for those who like solid atmospheric songs with a fair amount of reverb on them . Imagine Roy Orbison slowed down with mostly positive lyrics that can celebrate or lament the simple things in life like appreciation for your loved one or looking back on past times .
The best singers can make you feel that you believe the stories they are telling - I think that is the most ... Read More
Rating:  - Good, but his not as good second album
The second release from the guy from Longpigs/Pulp. On his own he sounds nothing like those guys. He sounds like he has been admiring people like Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash. Last year I gave a rave review for Late Night Final, which seemed like a breakthrough album. Hawley ignores music trends and must be, in a way, admired for that. But now there are about twenty bands performing this mellow acoustic rock about long lost love. This album may be a group of songs that didn't make it on the first album. ... Read More
Rating: - rich, sexy vocals
I was recommended this CD and have really enjoyed it. It is relaxing, yet thought provoking. The accompanying various guitar arrangements are wonderful and the lyrics fresh.
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