Catching Tales - Jamie Cullum > Reviews

Advantages: All Originals Tracks That Feature Some Nice Jazzy Instrumentation
Disadvantages: Some Of The Songs Are Similar

Following his two previous albums, whihc consisted mostly of covers, Cullum releases this follow-up which returns the calls for more original pieces and more of the pianist. The way in which he answers them is great and thsi stands easily as my favourite Cullum album and one of my favourite listens. Some may see this record as a step away from some of the jazz sounds on his previous albums, but then this is a modern world that we live in and a new ... Read review

Advantages: Some fantastic tracks
Disadvantages: Needs more than just some fantastic tracks

...birthday when his second album, Catching Tales was released in September. I guess his genre strictly comes under jazz and vocal, but I don't think Jamie can be properly defined into a strict genre, as he adds an amazing twist to everything he does. From re-vamping some truly classic pieces to co-composing some great new songs, which have an edgy, feel, but still combines jazz piano and improv! And Mr Cullum is a pretty damn good genius on the piano! I ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to listen to - Relaxing
Disadvantages: Not enough tracks

...nervous when I brought the Catching Tales incase he was telling tales! The image of Jamie Cullum on the front of the CD gives a hint of the contents, comfy, relaxed, young, happy, the back of the CD has a picture of jeans just a little bit worn and a bit too long with comfy trainers and again is showing the stress-free style of the CD. I found that every track was mellow and comforting and original (even the cover tracks sounded original and ... Read review

Advantages: Some brillaint easy listening
Disadvantages: A few weak tracks

I love Jamie Cullums voice and this is a showcase of this voice as was his first album. There are one or two tracks that I personally are not that fond of but that is the only down point of this album the other 13 tracks are superb and as always Jamie throws in a couple of covers including a brilliant version of Catch The Sun. Some of the lyrics I find myself really relating to such as photograph - a brilliant track which is all about memories ... Read review

Advantages: piano skills
Disadvantages: piano solos too long

Jamie never fails to amaze me. His vocal preformance on this album is really good and unique. His piano playing is really great, however, most of the piano solos are too long in my opinion and it gets a bit boring to the point where you have to switch song. Apart from that, the album is really relaxing. It has a mix of different types of jazz music and some of the songs are like ballad types and up-tempo types. They are really catchy and you will ... Read review