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Lewis Taylor
The Lost Album
(2005, Slow Reality)
Ignored prog prodigy and soul striver goes sophisto-sunshine pop. Still ignored. Wrongly, says MOJO messageboarder.
When Island Records released Lewis Taylor’s eponymous LP in 1996, the singer and multi-instrumentalist was already a music biz veteran. He had paid dues as a guitarist with the Edgar Broughton Band, and released two albums of trippy psychedelia as Sheriff Jack. The critics lapped up his first album, and likened him to Marvin Gaye, which was fair enough when you heard the soaring, intricately arranged vocals and soulful material. Lewis ploughed a soul/R&B/funk furrow over several further albums, but the public resolutely refused to take the bait, and after a decade he threw in the towel. The Lost Album was recorded in the late ’90s, but only saw release in 2005. No doubt the record company were dumbfounded, because this collection seems like the work of a totally different artist to the soul man of Lewis Taylor. Taylor had decided to turn his hand to creamy, sunkissed AOR pop, evoking Hall & Oates, Shuggie Otis and Todd Rundgren. Stacks of warm harmonies sit snugly atop bright acoustic guitars and sparkling keyboards. The production is open and rich, and Let’s Hope That Nobody Finds Us, the big ballad, is a marvel – so good that one day Brian Wilson might cover it and forget he didn’t write it himself. All of Lewis’s albums are good, and if you look carefully you may see them, languishing forlornly in bargain bins and charity shops. Track them down, spread the word, and force Mr Taylor out of retirement now!
Mike McKeown
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 18/05/2008
Further Listening
Lewis Taylor - Lewis Taylor (Island)
Pigeonhed – The Full Sentence (Sub Pop)
Hall & Oates – Do It For Love (Sanctuary)
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