Ed Harcourt - From Every Sphere (rel.2003)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Ed Harcourt Title From Every Sphere Length 57:05 Discs: 1 Tracks: 12 Format HQ 192+ kbps Packaging Jewel Case Label Heavenly Cat. Number 540505 Style Alternative Rock Rating N/A

Track list

01 Bittersweetheart 04:32 02 All Of Your Days Will Be Blessed 03:45 03 Ghost Writer 04:20 04 The Birds Will Sing For Us 04:28 05 Sister Rene 04:46 06 Undertaker Strut 03:43 07 Bleed A River Deep 04:50 08 Jetsetter 03:57 09 Watching The Sun Come Up 05:49 10 Fireflies Take Flight 04:37 11 Metaphorically Yours 04:51 12 From Every Sphere 07:27

Notes

AMG Review by MacKenzie Wilson (4 1/2): On his stylish and refined sophomore album From Every Sphere, Ed Harcourt waives the murky soundscapes that overshadowed his 2001 Mercury Music Prize-nominated album Here Be Monsters, for a stripped-down, intimate effort. Instead of fighting adolescence's last days and ignoring adulthood like he did on his first album, Harcourt embraces the fact that he's growing up. Only 25, he's a touch wiser and enjoys his newfound confidence as an individual and as an artist. From Every Sphere, which was initially planned to be a conceptual double album entitled The Ghost Parade, is heavy in spirit while Harcourt relishes in his personal and professional growth. The Bono-like inflections and the quasi-Nick Cave growl are relieved by an inquisitive croon and Tchad Blake's basic approach from the production seat gives From Every Sphere the time and space to simply arrive. The swanky power pop number "Watching the Sun Come Up" is soaking in space rock threads and a polished brass section, while pianos slowly take shape in the beautiful paranoia of "The Birds Will Sing for Us" and the heart-rending "Bleed a River Deep." When "Ghostwriter" saunters in with its sexy wannabe Tom Waits impression and jazzy abstracts, From Every Sphere doesn't lose ground. Harcourt experiments in more ways than one on this album, never overindulgent in the process. He works with what he knows from personal experience without being redundant and in today's business you have to have beaucoup talent to pull that off. From Every Sphere affirms Ed Harcourt's potential. Credits: Leo Abrahams Guitar (Acoustic), Piano, Strings, Guitar (Electric), Sampling, Slide Guitar, Loops, String Arrangements, Orchestral Arrangements, Casio, Woodwind Arrangement Tchad Blake Percussion, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Alison Blunt Violin Natalia Bonner Violin Jo Cackett Bassoon Gillon Cameron Violin Amanda Drummond Viola Naomi Fairhurst Viola Hadrian Garrard Percussion, Trombone, Trumpet, Reed Organ Lisa Germano Viola, Vocals (bckgr) Jimi Goodwin Tambourine Howard Gott Violin Ruth Gottlieb Violin Steve Gullick Design, Photography Ed Harcourt Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Harmonica, Percussion, Piano, Drums, Glockenspiel, Guitar (Electric), Bells, Producer, Slide Guitar, Korg Synthesizer, Omnichord, Organ (Pump), Artwork, Machines, Wah Wah Clavinet Sally Herbert Violin Dominic Kelly Oboe Oliver Kraus Cello Claire Lewis Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant, Beat Programming Arnulf Lindner Percussion, Guitar (Bass), Double Bass, Bowed Bass Chris Mansell Cello Anna Morris Violin Tim Myall Violin Andy Nice Cello Jacqueline Norrie Violin Louise Peacock Violin Clare Raybould Violin Sophie Sarota Viola Miles Showell Mastering Rob Spriggs Viola Rowland Sutherland Flute Lucy Wilkins Violin Sara Wilson Cello