Picture This Music Cd

Wet Wet Wet - Picture This

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Picture This      Artist : Wet Wet Wet      List Price : $14.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1995-09-26      Studio : Polygram UK      Label : Polygram UK      Avg. Customer Rating : (5 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Picture This      A surprisingly fine album      Rating:      I remember when I used to scour records stores for new bands to listen to. I came across this band called wet wet wet and they looked very 80's and put them back. Recently, I was working at my supermarket and heard this wonderfully warm soul-ballad on the radio "Sweet surrender" and set out to find out who it was... Wet Wet Wet. They didn't have "Sweet surrender" at my local library but I was happy to make to with one of their other albums. Upon hearing this disc, and taking into account it was a 1990's effort, they seem to have taken the first half of the album for a 90's sound and the second half of the album for a style similar to "Sweet Surrender". It isn't until the seventh track, "Someone like you" that Marti Pellow sings in his characteristically rich soul voice. "Someone like you" is a fabulous country and western / soul fusion that has a fantastic melody. The first six songs he sings in a more 90's style, except on gypsy girl which is really blue-grass sounding. The tracks "Somewhere somehow" and "Don't want to forgive me now" are catchy nineties pop songs, while "She's all my mind" is a really tender soul song, again with great vocals. There are a couple of attempts at funk-rock, and although they are a bit predictable, they are a fine balance for the slower tracks. Acutally "She might never know" is a really good one. I wasn't fond of the finelyu orchestrated opener because it's a very slow opening track and he's talking about dumping his girlfired, something I regret having done! Overall this is a really good album. A bit rustic sounding (and I was worried they would sound too 80's!) but still really good pop music, eclectic enough to keep it fresh. I hope you enjoy the album.     Customer Reviews for Picture This Cd      Great album from a talented group      Rating:      Wet Wet Wet (strange name), is a tuly talented group. These guys from Scotland not only play their own instruments, but also wrote all but one song on this album. They also produced the album too. And Marti Pellow has a voice to die for! Every song here is a great song...no filler at all. And the 20 page booklet is great...contains all the lyrics, plus tons of pop art paintings, which makes for a very colourful booklet. I would be very hard pressed to pick a favourite song from this album. If you like well written, intelligent pop, then this is for you.