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Between one exam and another, I find the time to write a review about the latest studio album by the Scottish band The Fratellis.
"Chelsea Dagger" was a hit that even stones will remember, and "Costello Music" was a perfect debut album that gave The Fratellis immense popularity. Matching its success is therefore no easy task, but the Glasgow trio decides to take full responsibility, they fire the producer of their previous record and do everything on their own. No revolutions, though. "Here We Stand" is the ideal follow-up to "Costello Music", another collection of fresh tracks graced by an ease of writing that harkens back to the best of English pop rock: from T-Rex to Bowie, from The Who to Oasis. The result is a bit more robust and less polished than the previous work, but the propensity for melody and memorable choruses is certainly not lacking ( "Mistress Mabel" isn't the new "Chelsea Dagger" but it gets stuck in your head from the first listen). Let it be clear, the three rockers don't invent anything new, but they know very well how to craft irresistible songs. And that is much more than other even more acclaimed bands can do. Tracks like "Look Out Sunshine!", "Babydoll", "Milk And Money" are easily listened to, managing to admire simple pop rock with the addition of gritty and hard rock 'n' roll sounds. In short, in conclusion, a CD very interesting to listen to, and deciding for oneself whether these Fratellis are to be promoted, failed, or postponed. In my opinion, they pass, and with full marks.
Tracklist:
My Friend John
A Heady Tale
Shameless
Look Out Sunshine!
Stragglers Moon
Mistress Mabel
Jesus Stole My Baby
Babydoll
Tell Me A Lie
Acid Jazz Singer
Lupe Brown
Milk And Money
A merit: album well constructed and structured, definitely the three Scots did not look down upon the work that awaited them, and they fully confirmed themselves with a musically successful product, both in terms of sound technique and in sales.
A flaw: melodies cheerful and lighthearted, they should try to produce something melancholic or at least not always so light and easy to tire of listening to.
Regards.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
06 Mistress Mabel (04:27)
1, 2, 3, Owww
Mistress Mabel, you're seriously wrong,
Clears my table, bang and then she's gone,
Takes a liberty if you let her,
Yes she's old but she should know better,
Oh dear Mabel please don't put me on,
Mistress Mabel, all the kids agree,
You're unstable, curious and free,
Wine em down, and then keep em kickin',
Sunken eyed and all panic stricken'
Oh Dear Mabel it still worries me.
Well and like rat bag, so they told her,
Last nights name tag, across her shoulder.
Tell me where all the days have gone, When you rocked my cradle
Tell me Mabel.
Where'd you go when you can't go on with this willful fable
Tell me Mabel.
Mistress Mabel, won't you marry me?
I'm unable to take it seriously
I'll be good, and you'll be a minute
I wish you would, or I'll drop you in it.
Oh dear Mabel wont you marry me?
And like rat bag, so they told her,
Last nights name tag, across her shoulder.
Tell me where all the days have gone, When you rocked my cradle,
Tell me Mabel.
Where'd you go when you can't go on with this wealthy fable,
Tell me Mabel.
Tell me Mabel.
Tell me where all the days have gone, When you rocked my cradle,
Tell me Mabel.
Where'd you go when you can't go on with this wealthy fable,
Tell me Mabel.
Tell me where all the days have gone, When you rocked my cradle,
Tell me Mabel.
Where'd you go when you can't go on with this filthy fable,
Tell me Mabel.
Tell me Mabel.
10 Acid Jazz Singer (04:21)
Well let me tell you something, let me tell you so
This could be the one thing that you really need to know
You got to stop once in a while and shake off that face of yours
Cause nothing comes easy no it just comes free
You could sing it better if you'd sing it for me, oh sister
Well cannot claim this advice as my own
I learned it in the gutter one night coming home
She said Don't you look ridiculous I checked her out meticulously
And though I would've stopped to argue but my teeth were broke
I said I'd love to contradict you but my life's a joke, oh sister
She said I'm no genius and I've lost my self
the books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf
And it's one time keep it slow wind them up and here we go
Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
Some said she was saintly to some she was a swinger
Me I only knew here as an acid jazz singer, come on
Well I'm a lucky man and maybe so is she
And maybe this is just the way it has to be
It's all based on speculation seems a crazy occupation to me
And though I didn't much believe her I was bound to call
I really didn't want to miss a single thing at all, oh sister
She said I'm no genius and I've lost my self
the books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf
And it's one time keep it slow wind them up and here we go
Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
Some said she was saintly to some she was a swinger
Me I only knew here as an acid jazz singer, come on
She said I'm no genius and I've lost my self
the books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf
And it's one time keep it slow wind them up and here we go
Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
Some said she was saintly to some she was a singer
Me I only knew here as an acid jazz singer
I haven't seen her lately man I have to ring her
Put your hands together for the Acid jazz singer, come on
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By BillyMello
The Fratellis present us with a much more melodious record than the previous one.
An overall well-made record, perhaps not comparable to Costello Music, where however, the surprise effect had contributed.
By walrus
With listening comes the sensation of being in a Glasgow pub, dancing and getting drunk, just like in the previous album.
An honest pop-rock album that can certainly hold its own, and perhaps even win, against that 'Costello Music' that brought so much fortune to the trio.
