Howie Day
Stop All Around The World Now

THE REVIEW

Howie Day is a 25-year-old American singer-songwriter who has already composed his second album "Stop all around the world now," released in 2003 (the first is "Australia" recorded in 2000). This album displays music that is a medium between the Oasis and Coldplay and reaches its highest peaks in the best song of the album "Collide."

"Stop all around the world now" starts with "Brace yourself," a somewhat dark song, the only one that diverges from the music expressed in the rest of the tracks. Track no. 2 is "Perfect Time Of Day," a very nice piece with good musical quality that encourages listening to the album, no. 3 is "Collide," which, as mentioned before, is the most beautiful song and the one that most highlights Howie Day's music style. The album continues with the beautiful "Trouble in here," which highlights the singer's excellent voice, and with the good ballad "Sunday morning song." Track 6 is "I'll Take You On," another song where the author showcases a great voice, while track 7 is another ballad titled "She says," certainly the best track after "Collide." It is followed by the melancholic "Numbness For Sound" and the rocking "You & A Promise." The CD concludes with "End Of Our Days" and "Come Lay Down," which in some points (only in certain parts) vaguely resembles "Politik" by Coldplay.

As far as I'm concerned, the album is a bit repetitive, but despite this, it seems very worthwhile to me, both for the music and for the voice. His admiration for the two Anglo-Saxon bands is demonstrated in several concerts, where he covered the most important successes of these two great groups: "Wonderwall" and "Yellow."