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Carmel - The Drum Is Everything (1984)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 15 Nov 2023 01:25:12

Terrific 80's Jazz-Soul relic. An obscure gem of the first order from the days BEFORE the neo-soul/Acid Jazz movement. Many would say Carmel helped kick start the groovy fun with their throw-back hipster bop and swing style. This 10 track album features the hit "More, More, More" and, well, Stormy Weather and the insanely primal slink of the title track! Produced by Mike Thorn. This collect deserves to be on anyone's top 10 list of the best long players to come out of England in the 80's.

Carmel were a brilliant little band as a three piece who were never overpowered by expanded big band arrangements. Carmel McCourt's voice was clearly their biggest asset but as a voice/rhythm section combination they were a genuine band no matter how many or few other musicians joined them on stage or in the studio. It is c shame that they were so far ahead of their time. Had they emerged within the last five years they would have dominated the globe by now. You just need to look around at all the women in the current charts, Adele, Duffy etc, to see that this would have been a far better time for Carmel to come onto the scene.

Songs such as More More More, Bad Day, Willow Weep For Me, Tracks of My Tears… make this a really compelling album.

Review by Numinous Ugo, Amazon.co.uk

Listen to this album and realise how short our memories are. I bought the cassette over 20a ago and then - tragically - neglected it whilst my musical tastes went all over the place. I re-discovered it perhaps 2 years ago in my cassette box and you should find it too. Don't go for any greatest hits collection as an alternative; there are gems on this album rarely heard now including what I regard as the greatest version of 'Tracks of my tears' bar none, as well as the ever-sublime 'Bad Day'. Duffy can only ever hope to be this good.

Review by Mr. M. I. Crick, Amazon.co.uk

Carmel at Wiki

Tracklist:

01. More, More, More (06:25)
02. Stormy Weather (03:42)
03. The Drum Is Everything (01:59)
04. I Thought I Was Going Mad (01:46)
05. The Prayer (06:42)
06. Rockin' On Suicide (02:00)
07. Rue St. Denis (Version) (04:19)
08. Willow Weep For Me (02:44)
09. Tracks Of My Tears (03:55)
10. Bad Day (06:36)

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 6. September 2016, 21:41

Carmel / The drum is everything

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