
Voice In My Head
Release Year: 2005
Label: Silverbird⁄Edel
Country: Australia⁄Germany
Produced by Leo Sayer
Musicians:
Leo Sayer: Lead & Background Vocals, Synthesizers, Harmonica
Todd Sharpville, Simon Baisley, Ronnie Johnson: Guitars
Phil Mulford, Dave Bronze: Bass
eter Stone, Kenneth Dornhoff: Synthesizers
Ebbe Ravn: Piano, Rhodes, Hammond Organ, Synthesizers
Geoff Dunn: Drums
Eguie Castrillo: Percussion
Paul Weimar: Saxophone, Horns
David Land: Trumpet, Horns
Simon Baisley: Banjo
Anna Dorothea Wolff: Cello
Rafael Altino: Violin, Viola
Winnie Dahlgren: Vibes
Tommy Rasmussen: Accordion
Tilde Horsboeel, Susanne Roslev, Joanne Reinholdt, Aino Laos, Tommy Rasmussen, Melanie Marcus: Background Vocals
and "The City Of Prague Philharmonic"
Sayer's second studio album in over twenty years is a welcome reminder of some of music's disappearing values. It's also like a journey through his musical past. Songs like "Pop Life" and "We Got Away With It" are wry and reflective rather than sentimental and nostalgic. With Sayer writing all material save for a few co-credits and producing the album himself, you get some of the sense of those wonderful early albums. Every track is afforded individual attention. As a result, the arrangements vary according to suitability. What is especially warming however is that it sounds more like an album made by human beings than robots. The opening track, "Everyone" features a big production with band and orchestra. One of the more instant songs, it does however suffer from a somewhat tired and clumsy peace message. If there is one thing to beware of, it is that this isn't an album of potential hits. These songs grow on you. They're full-bodied heavyweights that need more than one listen to be fully appreciated. "Everyone" is the nearest thing to a hit, but most of the other songs are better. On "Don't Look Back" Sayer gets funky and employs sax; on ballads such as "Maybe" he keeps the instrumentation simple; on "Running Man" he hits a groove; on "Almost Blue", out comes the harmonica; while on "You Thrill Me" the brass section enhance the swooning soulfulness. In short, this album comes in many delightful colours and, hopefully, there'll be more to come in the near future. Leo Sayer fans of old, get your money out.
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