| Rateliff, Nathaniel / And It's Still Alright |
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| Album: | And It's Still Alright | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Rateliff, Nathaniel | Added: | 03/2020 | |
| Label: | Stax Records | |||
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 10, 2020: | Hanging in the bone yard All or Nothing | 4. | Jun 20, 2020: | Hanging in the bone yard What a Drag | |
| 2. | Sep 26, 2020: | Hanging in the bone yard And It's Still Alright | 5. | Jun 06, 2020: | Hanging in the bone yard And It's Still Alright | |
| 3. | Jul 25, 2020: | Hanging in the bone yard Mavis | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2020-03-29 | ||
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INDIE ROCK Nathaniel Rateliff, now without the Night Sweats, is still trying on different musical styles with nice results. Neither the folkie singer-songwriter nor the jump-blues shouter of prior efforts, here he’s a sort of easy swinging crooner. As always, the voice is the highlight. Instrumentation varies from just a guitar to a full string section. FCC on track #7 1 * Mid-tempo. Breakup song with a snappy, swaying rhythm. Nice slide guitar. (3:34) 2 ** Mid-tempo. Touching song about moving on after a friend’s death. Great writing. Nice organ and pedal steel add to the sweet sound. (3:55) 3 Slow and sad. Heavy bass; shimmering strings. (5:01) 4 Mid-slow. Spare: just voice and acoustic guitar. (3:54) 5 ** Very slow. Tragic breakup reflections. Lovely strings & choral backup singers. (5:04) 6 * Mid-slow. Nice alternation of sad, spare verses & uplifting choral refrain. (4:12) 7 (FCC: ‘shit’ & ‘fuck you’) Mid-tempo. Pretty folk song despite the profanity. (3:30) 8 * Slow. An angry telling off after a bad breakup. (3:52) 9 ** Slow. Just a sweet voice & acoustic guitar. Pretty and sad. (3:03) 10 Slow. Cathartic elegy for a lost friend. (6:08) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | What a Drag | 6. | Mavis | |||
| 2. | And It's Still Alright | 7. | You Need Me | |||
| 3. | All or Nothing | 8. | Time Stands | |||
| 4. | Expecting to Lose | 9. | Kissing Our Friends | |||
| 5. | Tonight #2 | 10. | Rush On |