Midnight Choir, Amsterdam Stranded - 48m 55s

Tracks & Durations

1. Harbor Hope	8:02
2. October	4:25
3. Mercy Of Maria	5:36
4. Amsterdam Stranded	4:10
5. And The Rain Redoubled In Violence	1:09
6. Muddy River Of Loneliness	6:59
7. The Train	4:19
8. Dear Friend	5:16
9. Bayview (Time Ain't No Friend)	5:11
10. Finest Hour	3:41

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Review

Amsterdam Stranded is the third album by singer Paal Flaata, bass player Ron Olsen and piano/guitar player Al DeLoner, like the second produced by Walkabouts´ boss Chris Eckman at Estudios Valentim de Carvalho, outside of Lisboa, Portugal. Their entourage also included English engineer Phill Brown (Talk Talk, Roxy Music, Robert Palmer etc.) and Walkabouts drummer Terri Moeller. That´s how the connection to Glitterhouse was made. The band's songwriter Al DeLoner has come up with a haunting set of melodies that perfectly underscore the lyrical themes of religious and personal doubts sung with a voice that would make a reading of Oslo´s phonebook sound intense. Chris Eckman and Phill Brown are responsible for the weird little sounds that crop up frequently, a definite help in achieving their ambitious undertaking of making widescreen rock, and at the same time stear clear of the pompousness of conventional art-rock. 'Amsterdam Stranded' is simply a Norwegian beauty as breathtaking as the country's nature itself. 'Painfully beautiful - Midnight Choir is taking the place of Jeff Buckley or Jeffrey Lee Pierce." (Guide) 'Midnight Choir celebrate a romantic suffering just like the Tindersticks (without their crooning), the clear intensity of the vocals are reminiscent of Tim Buckley and the minor-key mood will appeal to fans of Nick Cave." (Main-Echo) '…with melancholic strings drenching its dark Nick Cave vocals and mournful songs of spiritual and personal doubt, it could stem from the same hymnal desert Americana roots as Willard Grant and Handsome Family. Quite intoxocating.' (Birmingham What´s On). Glitterhouse Records.

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Amsterdam Stranded

Tracks: 10, Disk length: 48m 51s (-1m 56s)

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