ISOBEL CAMPBELL, Amorino - 51m 1s

Tracks & Durations

1. Amorino	3:47
2. The breeze whispered your name	4:47
3. Monologue for an old true love	3:43
4. October's sky	2:34
5. The cat's pyjamas	2:25
6. Why does my head hurt so ?	2:17
7. Johnny come home	3:43
8. Poor butterfly	3:02
9. Love for tomorrow	2:50
10. There is no greater gold	4:10
11. This land floods with milk	4:21
12. Song for baby	3:51
13. Time is just the same	3:03
14. A million arms to hold you (Bonus)	3:29
15. The cat's pyjamas (Alternative version)	2:49

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Review

Isobel Campbell, former cellist and vocalist with Belle and Sebastian and the main force behind the Gentle Waves, turns in a laidback debut under her own name. A pleasantly jazzy, sophisticated companion piece to her tribute to Billie Holiday released in 2002, Amorino sounds like a lost soundtrack to some cool French film from the 1960s. There's quite a lot of variation, and the arrangements are subtle throughout. "Monologue for an Old True Love," for one, melds Morricone horns and strings to a Spector-ish drum sound, swinging Wes Montgomery-ish guitar lines and a chorus that quietly explodes into girl group harmony. Elsewhere, elements are reminiscent of Joao Gilberto, Marine Girls, Nick Drake, Lee Hazlewood, and Smokey and Miho. There's even some straight-ahead Dixieland jazz on "The Cat's Pyjamas." Her voice may barely rise above a whisper on every track, but Amorino is unabashedly unironic, delicately joyous, and the perfect prelude to a nap some lazy Sunday afternoon. --Mike McGonigal

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