By contrast, “San Francisco Patrol” is wistful, while “Somebody to Break Your Heart” is Hitchcock’s adrenal kick-in-the-balls moment, and the maudlin “Comme Toujours” slightly grates. Got an idea for a future pick Leave a note in the comments bringing it all back home covers.
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Also scattered throughout the album are covers of Roxy Music’s “To Turn You On,” Grant-Lee Phillips’s “Don’t Look Down,” I Was a King’s “Ferries,” and a slightly off-kilter yet surprisingly resonant version of The Door’s “The Crystal Ship.” From the originals, “Trouble In Your Blood” stands above the rest as a gorgeous song - both in terms of lyrics and melody - that recalls Desire-era Dylan. Full Albums features covers of every track off a classic album.
The Psychedelic Furs’ “The Ghost in You” is sublimely rendered by Hitchcock, invoking the bittersweet memories associated with lost love. Hitchcock is also ably aided and abetted by Anne Lise Frøkedal (from the Norwegian duo I Was a King) on limpid harmonies and guitar, Charlie Francis on piano, and Jenny Adejayan on cello. What makes it intriguing is Hitchcock’s snagging of esteemed producer Joe Boyd - whose notable past credits include Pink Floyd’s early single “Arnold Layne,” such cult classic albums as Nick Drake’s Five Leaves Left and Bryter Layter, Vashti Bunyan’s Just Another Diamond Day, and Nico’s Desertshore, as well as a plethora of Fairport Convention, Richard and Linda Thompson, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, and Incredible String Band albums, all of which puts Robyn in good company. The Man Upstairs is a half-original, half-cover album by grand surrealist and former Soft Boys leader Robyn Hitchcock. After twenty-one solo albums, Robyn Hitchcock hasnt let age, the music industry, the death of the album, entropy or the beguiling state of the world slow. His finest work in years, the opening three songs are stunning, mesmerising even, in their intimate beauty.
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