LAMONTAGNE, Ray - Trouble (20th Anniversary Edition) - GATEFOLD LP + POSTER
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Ray LAMONTAGNE
Trouble (20th Anniversary Edition)
Liula US
gatefold LP + poster in embossed sleeve Cat: LIUL 661Rel: 14 Jul 25
Folk/Americana Side 1 - Track 1. Trouble Side 1 - Track 2. Shelter Side 1 - Track 3. Hold You In My Arms Side 1 - Track 4. Narrow Escape Side 1 - Track 5. Burn Side 2 - Track 1. Forever My Friend Side 2 - Track 2. Hannah Side 2 - Track 3. How Come Side 2 - Track 4. Jolene Side 2 - Track 5. All The Wild Horses
It was hard not to be blown away by Ray Lamontagne's debut album, Trouble. Released September 2004 in the US, a week later in the UK, those that cottoned on to the emerging powerhouse quickly drew comparisons with the likes of Van Morrison, Tim Buckley and Nick Drake. Albeit here the vocals are "impeccably weathered", as Rolling Stone put it, with "marble-mouthed" phrasing elevating the lyrics into the pantheons of all-time top inaugural LPs. Listening back now, it feels as though Trouble, and perhaps Lamontagne, belong in a very different time. No bad thing, certainly not a criticism, this is music from a time before singer-songwriters were predominantly products of the insatiable music machine, designed and destined for a John Lewis Christmas advert, if they were lucky. An age when raw talent - in this case, raw as it comes - was still enough to earn a reputation on the road which would then convert into that breakthrough studio opportunity. An age when social media didn't exist, so we had time to absorb a full album, as intended, words, warts and all.
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