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Monday 12 January 2015

Under The Blacklight



Under The Backlight was the last  studio album recorded by Rilo Kiley.
Released in 2007 it was their only record to be released on a major label namely Warner Brothers.
To these ears it is more poppy than their previous albums and indeed than Jenny Lewis' future solo records and I feel that it probably suffers because of this.
Unsurprisingly given the access to the Warner Brothers publicity machine it was by far their most successful.
However I feel that it does not have the energy and passion of the likes of The Execution of All Things and More Adventurous. I certainly reach for them far more than for this.
It does however have one saving grace namely the songwriting skills and angelic voice of Ms Jenny Lewis

Rilo Kiley - The Moneymaker

Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight

And finally a song for Ernie Goggins the original surfer of the zeitgeist

Elton John - Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word

2 comments:

  1. Never warmed to this album. The only track I play these days is 15.

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    1. Agreed Drew -I was pretty underwhelmed when I gave it a re-listen in preparation for this post.
      I'm glad it was not the first of their albums I stumbled across as if it was I wouldn't have bothered checking out their earlier stuff which is much better

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