North Marine Drive

I read the reviews and took a chance. This is absolutely the worst CD I have ever purchased. I cannot believe it is by Ben Watt. It is terrible, the singing is horrible and sounds flat. It will be a coaster, unless anyone wants to purchase it from me. Just send me shipping and I will send you the CD. Seriously, I could not listen to it, it made my ears bleed.

So you have a record collection, all the albums by certain artists, maybe imports and limited editions too, but then there's that other class, "odd ones" the ones you love to play, ones that remain favourites forever. They may be albums by unknown singers who never quite made it, or like this one "something they did earlier". I have this album on cassette, on the other side is an album by Ben Watt and Robert Wyatt (Summer into Winter?). I cannot tell you why this album is a favourite, maybe it's Ben's voice, maybe the guitar, maybe something about the melodies of the songs. If you know Everything but the Girl and how their first album sounded, then it's something like that, but much starker, that's probably how I would best describe it, Stark...and very, very beautiful. I am glad that it is available on CD, it's one of those albums you put on and listen to, you have no option, Ben grabs your attention and sings into your soul.

ben Watt is mainly known as the guitar playing half of England's folk-pop outfit "Everything But The Girl". This, his only solo effort so far is a beautiful, melancholy album that shines with emotion and lyricism. Watt plays soft, Bossanova influenced electro-acoustic Guitars and sings in a voice that seats somewhere between Nick Drake & Morissey... This is a must for any mellow music fan who is looking for an original, simple album that will be your best friend for a while.

Fab

I had a vinyal copy of the album in the early 80's so this is a re-vist for me, it brings back so many memories, easy to listen to and an early show case of his song writing talent!

Replaced vinyl copy.

I have the original vinyl -now with bonus tracks =great!

Fabulous !