A New Day At Midnight - David Gray

A New Day At Midnight is David Gray's follow up album to his 7 times platinum selling White Ladder and was released in 2002 and has continued to sell at a steady pace since it's release. For those of you who are not familiar with White Ladder or David Gray, Where have you been? That particular album sold more than 2.2 million copies and spent over 100 weeks in the top 40. He has an easy listening folk sound that has been compared with Bob Dylan ...
...lyrics. He is, I believe, a great singer/songwriter, part of a new breed that will be around for a long time to come yet. He is not frightened off by live performances either; in fact he's been seen at some of the biggest festivals this year so far. You may recognise him because of his `wobbly head' during a performance, he tends to remind you of Bill and Ben The Flower Pot Men, lol, saying that though they have stood the test of time. The album ...

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..."White Ladder", David Gray faced a major challenge. It was generally acknowledged by Gray himself that the popularity of White Ladder was unusual. For Gray, who had struggled for years to make it big, White Ladder marked his entrance into the music major leagues. That album was something a little bit special- it would have to be to have the kind of sales it (still) generates. So to move on to his next effort " A New Day at Midnight" must have been ...
...my breath. It arrived a few days ago and has been on heavy rotation ever since. I know from a little background reading that personal circumstances in David Gray's life had an influence on the style and feel of this album. In particular, the death of his father and the birth of his son gave Gray plenty to ruminate about and his lyrics in general are tinged with a sense of big emotive life and death issues. This makes for a somewhat darker, more introspective ...

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...Album chart, White Ladder was a massive hit reaching number one in the album charts thanks in no small part to the success of singles "Babylon", This years love and Please forgive me. **A New Day at Midnight** A New Day at Midnight was Recorded and Released on the EastWest record label in November 2002 as David Gray's fifth album although sometimes called his second album from people who were not aware of his earlier stuff. Whilst A New Day at Midnight ...
...my review of David Gray's A New Day at Midnight. 1.) Dead in the Water This is a catchy track to open the album with, It opens with some nice drum parts and a gentle piano segment which is joined by the guitar and Gray's vocals. His vocal delivery is flowing and expressive. This is a great song for live performances as it's chorus seems made for crowd participation. 2.) Caroline This is one that does not quite work, it feel a bit too mashed up with ...

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David Gray is a fairly recent discovery for me, only having really become familiar with his music in the last decade or so. It’s hard to attach a genre to this man, though to me he comes across as a kind of rock/blues/folk combination. He has a wonderfully unique gravelly voice that adds raw emotion and a melodramatic air to his songs of love. It’s hard to discover much about the artist himself (I don’t think he actively covets publicity) other ...
...Wales, and went on to a University education in Liverpool. His career got off to a faltering start and he has switched record labels often, before becoming a solo artist to be reckoned with. A New Day at Midnight was given to me as a present and finds it way into the CD player with some regularity. So, onto the album itself. A New Day at Midnight was released in 2002. It has a real melancholy feel to it and I’ve heard some people say that it’s ...

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DAVID GRAY – A NEW DAY AT MIDNIGHT Before his album White Ladder, not many people had heard of David Gray, I have to admit to being one of those people. With White Ladder going seven times platinum it was always going to be a hard act to follow. After a successful album some artists just fade away in the background with their following albums, but for David Gray I think that A New Day at Midnight just highlights how good an artist he is, and is ...
...definitely easy listening and from a first glance at the cover this is clear to all. The cover is of a tranquil scene just after sunset and sets the theme nicely for listening to this album. The Inlay has the lyrics to all the tracks, but for most people singing along would only spoil listening to this CD. The only thing that I can put this album down on is that some of the tracks do sound too similar to each other, but its only when you listen ...

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A couple of years back, i bought David Gray's 'White Ladder', despite a couple of disappointing tracks, i then bought 'A new day at midnight' upon its release. On the whole, its is a good album, not exceptional, but good and a wlecome change from all the pop, r 'n' b and rap. Gray has a silky smooth voice, and is backed by some excellent musical structure. However, in all honesty, i was slightly disappointed with this album. There are a couple ...
...tracks are mediocre. The album both opens and ends with beatifully structured songs, 'Dead in the water' and 'The other side'. The other tracks that impressed me were 'Caroline', 'Kangaroo' and 'Be Mine'. The writing is original and sung beatifully, but some tracks lack invention, and are too similar to previous songs by Gray. Definitely one for Gray fans. I would certain recommend it, especially if you are into the easy listening style of music. ...

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...is really saying and have a tune in your head all day with really knowing what it is.From the excellent Dead in the Water, to the absurdly rhyming Kangaroo to The Other Side you will be taken through various emotions- from not knowing what love is to really having found someone special. Don't listen to this before you go out, listen to it when you get back at 2 in the morning while you polish of some more drink and talk rubbish with someone. Don't ...

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...to defy expectations. Here is a record that plays and was built by its own rules, an event and piece of work in its own right. "After the huge success of 'White Ladder' there was a certain amount of psychology involved in making this record", says David. "The task I faced was to get past all that, and get on with the job of writing and recording some music that articulated how I was thinking and feeling in the here and now". There is an undoubtable ...

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