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by: David Gray

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Average Rating: Rating: - Gray's New Elergy Even on CD , David is essentially a live artist with no need for recording tricks. His amazingly powerful soulful , voice rises above us at concerts and that deeply personal signature and register is written too all over this exciting yet deeply thoughtful new album. David gave us most of the tracks from 'A New Day At Midnight' when I watched his latest concert here in his birthplace last night. The real pointer to the quality of his most recent writing was that the new tracks sit so completely at ease with the rest of his opus in terms of depth and beauty of lyrics and such compatible and often simple, yet varied musical arrangements all adding to the mystery of his prodigious on-going talent. There is a freshness about the new tracks that succeeds White Ladder , puts it in David's past, showing a charismatic and down to earth man, alive and well, working hard , trying to live genuinely for the moment and articulating how he feels through his current music . He's certainly interested in getting great sounds but , refreshingly not at the expense of wasting hours overproducing tracks in the studio. This stuff stands on its own lyrical and acoustic merits whether on your stereo or on stage; he was never in the in the business of sanitising emotions for an extra buck. David tells us the recording studio for 'Midnight' was really small but gives his new work that 'home-made' feel that he likes so much . I guess that helps draw us to his work too. The haunting sinister plain beauty of 'The Other Side' with its repeated melancholic piano solo, the love song 'Be Mine' (co-written with lovably eccentric ,much more than a drummer , Clune) with its gentle harmonies richly embroidered with subtle guitars and electric keyboard silks, which ebbs and flows to its memorable chorus. 'Easy Way to Cry' with simple crisp acoustic guitars ,gently drummed rhythm and sweet, quiet harmonies to carry it along. Pick any track . Quality comes as standard, words and music, because David Gray is himself and not afraid to show all the sides and sing about them for us, unpretentiously. Rating: - David Gray is A-OK! David Gray has finally followed up on the break-out success of "White Ladder" with "A New Day at Midnight." The new record retains the use of electronica which was brought into "White Ladder," but the songwriting has returned to the David Gray of "A Century Ends" and "Sell, Sell, Sell"--more upbeat, biting sarcasm and bitter but compassionate lyrics demanding the ear of the world. Less love songs, more universally-themed songs. Stand-outs include: "Dead in the Water," a solid opening song and one of my favorites; "Freedom," a 7 minute-long ballad is a passionate show of Gray's political views; "Kangaroo" utilizes a unique rhythm sound to catch the listner's attention; "Real Love" is the only song I recognize from Gray's US tour that ended up on the album (Where's "All the Love"?), and is very worthy of praise; "December" is an atypical DG song, with David using an effect on his voice for (I think) the first time in his recording career (vocals reminiscent of Zeppelin's "No Quarter"); "Be Mine" is my pick for most likely hit single (sounds a little Train-esque), a good song to boot; and finally "The Other Side" is one of the most raw emotional songs on the album about the death of David Gray's father. With those as the high points, there is only one song that hasn't grabbed me yet, "Last boat to America" contains a bit too much 80's sounding keyboard/electro-glockenspiel or whatever that thing is, it isn't Gray's style, but perhaps it'll grow on me. To conclude, I'd like to say what bumped this album from 4 to 5 stars for me. Gray has expanded his use of different instruments (more piano, electric piano, even the electro-glockenspiel, strings, the flange on his voice in "December," and egad a horn combo for "Freedom," just to name a few). The fact that Gray hasn't tried to mimic his last album, has branched out into trying new ideas, and still writes some of the most deep, meaningful lyrics today warrants a top grade on this masterful new album. Rating: - The latest from Gray won't let you down! At first listen, A New Day at Midnight just isn't the same as White Ladder and it's slightly disappointing but by the 2nd and 3rd listen the CD draws you in and the effect is so very pleasing. The music is great, David Gray's voice is great, the lyrics are great. The only thing that stinks is that we had to wait so long for the album. My favorite songs so far are Caroline (techno/Moby-ish beginning), The other side (the song sounds so familiar you can sing along with the chorus after the first listen), Freedom (the orchestral intro welcomes you into Gray's laid back style of singing), Be Mine (a song you can totally imagine as the soundtrack behind a good movie). All in all, it's a pleasure to listen to and while different from White Ladder, it's phenomenal, none-the-less. There isn't a song like Babylon on the album, a song that still makes me smile from the first note, but that's all right, I don't feel like I'm missing out. Enjoy!

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