Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Album Assessment: Gareth Gates & The Ghosts

Posted by ai at 8:14 AM

Gareth Gates – Pictures of the Other Side:

Ah, little Gareth. Guaranteed winner of Pop Idol, only to be pipped at the post by William of Young. Still, little GG didn’t do too badly and racked up 7 top five hits including four number ones before being dropped. As you are when that is your success rate. New Gareth is ditching his pop idol past in a quest for credibility as a singer songwriter. And while he doesn’t exactly fail, it’s not exactly a roaring success either. The problem is that it is all so pedestrian. There is no doubting that Gareth can sing. He can pen a pretty tune too – both singles Changes and Angels On My Shoulder should have teenage girls weeping into their copies of tv hits. Electric is a catchy tune with a gently strumming guitar beat, propelling the song forward., as does New Kid In Town which seems to be his manifesto for his new attitude. However, stand out track is easily the lovely 19 Minutes that harks back to the big power ballads of his first two albums. I just wish Gareth would let loose a little more on the album and stop trying to prove how grown up he is. I’m not quite ready to give up on young Mr Gates yet, so will be spinning the disc a few more times yet J

Ghosts – The World is Outside:

Ghosts utterly converted me at The Feeling concert on Friday, and it’s quite unfair to brand them as the new Keane/Snow Patrol/Coldplay. They are unique enough to rise above that label and carve a place for themselves in the indie pop melodic rock genre that can get quite overcrowded. Stay The Night is the ideal catchy first single, and the album title track is a great summery song, with a soaring chorus that is a tiny little bit reminiscent of Savage Garden. Musical Chairs has as many pop hooks as your average Feeling song and Temporary is a beautiful soaring song with epic instrumentation and a stadium sized chorus (it certainly sounded amazing as the closing track to their set on Friday). Further and Further Away is a definite highlight with it’s slow building guitar and pounding drums (though not like on Saturday’s Dr Who) show that this band are destined to grow and build into something amazing.

 

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