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| | In Your Bright Ray | | | Music Artist : | | Grant McLennan | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Beggars Banquet Us | | Release Date : | | 1997-09-23 | | Store Price : | | $11.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $11.98 | | Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your credit card will not be charged until we ship the item. | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. In Your Bright Ray
2. Cave In
3. One Plus One
4. Sea Breeze
5. Malibu 69
6. Who Said Love Was Dead
7. Room for Skin
8. All Them Pretty Angels
9. Comet Scar
10. Down Here
11. Lamp by Lamp
12. Do You See the Lights?
13. Parade of Shadows
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 striped sunlight perfection
Submitted on: 2009-07-03 |
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I'm sorry I waited 'til Grant's passing to weigh in on this exquisite record. Taken in the context of the Go Betweens' canon of work, or in McLennan's quartet of solo works or, better yet, entirely on its own terms this is a magical recording full of mytho-poetic splendor and sometimes gorgeous, sometimes rockin' music.
It holds an important place in the latter era of Grant's career, easily rivalling the Go Betweens third act: the final 3 records before Grant's death. This is a strong, timeless work. HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDOceans Apart |
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the Sun It Shines Here
Submitted on: 2007-09-19 |
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A brilliant, beautiful solo album from Grant McClennan. No-one should be surprised.
I've always had a tiny suspicion that he had a slight edge in the Go-Betweens writing dept or rather - that the songs that appealed to me the most - were his.
'Dusty in Here', 'Bye Bye Pride', 'Quiet Heart' and the indescribably excellent 'Cattle and Cane' all struck me as typical GM efforts, as opposed to the slightly harsher Robert Forster moments. This thinking is emphatically confirmed by 'In Your Bright Ray'; an album that does indeed SHINE with immaculate songs and deep, layered arrangements.
Grant McLennan (unapologetically) specializes in beauty - that's pretty obvious - but he knows where the boundary is; he never oversteps the mark, never descends into the realm of the embarrassing cheese.
His words are forever up-lifting, his melodies ever celebratory, and his commendable determination to stick to his ethereal guns are what mark him out, set him apart from the rabble.
What I specially like about 'IYBR' is the cohesion across its 13 songs (I refuse to call them 'tracks' - Grant McClennan never wrote a 'track' in his life!).
It seems much more than just booking a studio, then plonking the results on a cd.
They're presented almost concept-album like. Care was taken in the writing, recording and running order, and this attention to aesthetics is a major reason why 'IYBR' works.
This is one of the things I didn't like about the recent View album; it was too all over the place, like they were afraid of themselves.
No such problems for GM, he stays very much in one place, he's confident enough to know his own strengths and weaknesses, and tho he will strive, he knows what he's good at. Like a football player, playing in his own position. He still want's to achieve, to be the best he can, but realizes he must stay where he is to do it. At his strongest point.
McClennan was 40+ when he recorded this album, ie; its aimed at me! And that feels good.
Great pop is rarely aimed at the over 25's; Dylan perhaps, Hall and Oates, Jackson Browne - there's a few, but doesn't it just feel great when you've got some-one on your side? Some-one talking to you. Somebody (gulp!) who cares.
More importantly, he's not just going through the motions. He's creating something positive and lasting and in that (excellent) sense, 'IYBR' is that brilliant and beautiful and RARE thing.
MY music. |
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 profiteering
Submitted on: 2006-06-20 |
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| Can't rate this album as it's the one solo McLennan album I missed. Would love to own a copy but, lo and behold, the man's ashes are barely cold and the one (2nd hand) copy available is asking nearly 5 times the old list price for a new copy... Might wait for the record company to re-release this genius's back catalogue: at least his partner will get the royalties. |
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So good, so true
Submitted on: 2006-02-22 |
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| This beautiful, spiritually edifying CD cannot be raved about highly enough...just gorgeous and uplifting, every cut, with choruses that manage to kick your sorry, but happy, arse all the way through the goalposts....GM, as has been previously noted, probably is the McCartney of the GM/RF songwriting partnership. He certainly has the gift for melody. I would rate this as probably the best GM solo disc, with "Horsebreaker" running and extremely close 2nd... |
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The latest of four GREAT albums
Submitted on: 1999-12-30 |
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| Grant McLennan (see also G.W. McLennan) -- half (with Robert Forster) of the songwriting team of the defunct Go-Betweens -- has four 5-star albums that virtually NO one has heard of. What a shame! There isn't a bad track on any of his albums, and this one shows a great range from humorous to serious. His tunes ring true, and his rhymes and lyrics never fail to amuse (and, occasionally, confuse). Buy the entire set! |
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