I was recommended this album by a DJ friend of mine who has a knack of being able to identify, very accurately, music which I am almost certain to enjoy. He is also responsible for my purchasing of Lemon Jelly, St Germain, The Avalanches and Faze Action CDs amongst others.
Anyways, after John recommended this I thought I'd give it a go eventually, but at the time I couldn't really afford to go out and get another CD... however, after I left my CD case of 80 CDs on the roof of my car and drove to Exeter (8 miles) and discovered it had gone missing, I realised what I had done. Commence much forehead slapping.
Thankfully, the insurance paid out £600. Less than the CDs were cumulatively worth, but considering I didn't listen to half the rubbish in there, it was quite good. With half of it I bought myself a new set of golf clubs and the other half went towards rebuilding my lost collection. I started with Zero 7 - Simple Things.
The album is comprised of both songs and plain musical pieces (can't remember the word I wanna use here.. answers on a postcard please) and is arranged perfectly, blending the two together to create a fair seamless album. I normally have a preference for playing CDs in random order, but this, like Play by Moby, has to be played in sequence! All the tracks work together so well it's hard to highlight any in particular. The single release, Destiny, is one of my faves, but I love some of the plain musical tracks like Red Dust stand out. The best is the first though. A very mellow song called I Have Seen.
As a debut album, this is fantastic! I can see why my mate was raving about it when he first got his mittens on it! It's very similar in ways to the work of Air. More Moon Safari than 10,000Hz Legend though!
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Zero 7's ability to conjure beautiful lullabies with all the romance of 1960s French pop, ... more
as found on their debut long-playerSimple Things, would have made them the toast of soundtrack composers and chillout connoisseurs the world over. Unfortunately, ...
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Zero 7's ability to conjure beautiful lullabies with all the romance of 1960s French pop, ... more
as found on their debut long-playerSimple Things, would have made them the toast of soundtrack composers and chillout connoisseurs the world over. Unfortunately, ...
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Zero 7's ability to conjure beautiful lullabies with all the romance of 1960s French pop, ... more
as found on their debut long-player Simple Things, would have made them the toast of soundtrack composers and chillout connoisseurs the world over. Unfortunately,...
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Advantages: THE chillout CD of them all! I dare you to feel stressed after listening to this! Disadvantages: No-one on the planet should dislike this CD, but if you're into Rammstein, maybe not!
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