Love Ire And Song - Frank Turner

...that the previous, again about love and finding the person who’s perfect for him, again lyrically it is good, albeit not the strongest on the album, it’s a simple song unlike a couple which impart advice, or give you something to relate to. '''Love, Ire & Song''' The title track from the album, and one initially I didn’t like, but has really grown on me, the music is initially simply guitar led, and sounds like some of the tracks from his previous ...
...with the theme of wanting love again. I still think it is one of the best on the album. '''To Take you Home''' I am struggling to write about this song, while lyrically it is good, a simple ballad type song, telling the story of Frank’s life in the first verse and then about a girl he was with, and musically it has a nice feel, a refreshing evening feel. But the song doesn’t really strike any particular chords with me, I don’t hate it, but I don’t ...

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Review of Love Ire And Song - Frank Turner

...music was the food of love / Then I'd be a fat romantic slob" always raising a smile for me. This is a largely upbeat and up-tempo folk influenced song. Once again, though, Turner shows his speciality of matching down beat lyrics with a jaunty musical accompaniment and the two work very well together. Indeed, the main let down to this song is that it's very short, at well under 3 minutes and I'd be quite happy if it went on a lot longer than it does. ...
...I always do. "A Love Worth Keeping" seems like a natural pairing with "To Take You Home", although it's a much better song. It's a mid-tempo folk song, but it's largely played with an electric guitar rather than the acoustic and there's an almost military sounding drumbeat behind it that helps the song along. The music does tend to overshadow the lyrics here, but as it's a decent folk-rock song that reminds me of some old Simple Minds tracks, that's ...

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Having started to make a name for himself with his 2007 debut album Sleep Is For The Week, Frank Turner returned in 2008 with his second album. It was an album that could have gone down two routes, either reinforce the sound the former Million Dead singer had already created or try something different. It's with great relieve that Turner decided to stick with the punk folk sound he had already started to pioneer in this country and the end result ...
...It would have been easy for Turner to return to his purely punk rock routes but with this album he started to bring his new blend of punk and folk more into the mainstream. It's clear from the start of the album that this was the album that Turner intended to make a name for himself with. There are a number of obvious singles and while his debut album was very good this one seems to take his musical and vocal abilities to the next stage. While it ...

Andy.mack 05.11.2009 · Read full review
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...he's done before but it's still a poetically brilliant piece of work. If you're new to him however, don't be detracted from what I've said here...buy his debut album first, learn to love his music, and then buy this one. You won't be disappointed. You'll be hooked like me. Fact. ...

carl.mcqueen 11.09.2008 · Read full review
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...unsure over the ending. I'd love to like the ending, but I just can't, it goes out on a total downer. I'll cut to the chase, and say that while it's a good album considering Frank is "not of this genre", it's not brilliant. There's a lot of love, a fair bit of song, and very little ire at all. In fact, it's more "Love, Sentimentality, and Song". Get it if you're into mopey, angsty love songs with acoustic guitars; skip it if you're hoping for another ...

CatatonicStupor 05.06.2008 · Read full review
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Frank Turner has, at last, made it! He featured on _Radios One'slive Lounge _recently and it has to be said, it couldn't have happened to a nice bloke! This album, like all of Frank's work, is a must if you like folk-pop-indie-rock (a new genre I just made up!). The lyrics combine Frank's unique sense of humour with a realism that most of us will recognise - unlike some writers whose story you really can't understand, with Turner you can picture ...
...experience. Then there is the beautiful epitaph _'Long Live the Queen'_ - a message to us all to enjoy our live in light of someone who was clearly dear to Frank. Even this though is familiar to most - not only those who have lost a loved one but to anyone who has good friends. It's so refreshing to hear a musician tell us something and dare us to live our lives and enjoy it. Okay, some of it is melancholy - '_Jet Lag_' isn't Frank's best song, ...

OnTheSauce 20.01.2009 (21.01.2009) · Read full review
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Frank Turner has not yet reached well known status throughout the music scene in the UK, which is unfortunate for all those who have never heard of him. Love, Ire & Song is Turner's third album and very possibly his best. The lyrics are full of powerful emotion that is accompanied with beautiful acoustic guitar rifts. Long Live The Queen is powerful due to the reasons behind why Turner wrote it (after the death of his close friend) and is bound to ...
...radio stations. A personal favourite of mine is Photosynthesis, catchy and easy to listen to without the sickly sweet feeling of many more recent singer/songwriters. The album is powerful, and can be listened to again and again without boredom setting in. It is one to keep, one that will be listened to thousands of time and I very much recommend investing. ...

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Review of Love Ire And Song - Frank Turner