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publisher: EMI TV ASIN: B003P6BB68 sales rank: 2 price: £10.19 (new) |
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publisher: 679/ Atlantic ASIN: B00352MEYU sales rank: 4 price: £4.69 (new), £5.93 (used) |
The Defamation Of Strickland Banks, the second LP from Forest Gate-bred singer/musician Ben Drew, will be a surprise for anyone who spent meaningful time with his 2006 debut Who Needs Actions When You’ve Got Words. That album cast him as a potty-mouthed rapper, threatening to stab you with a biro over choppy acoustic guitar. Now, following a quick makeover, he re-emerges as blue-eyed soul singer, fronting a suite of bittersweet love songs steeped in vintage Stax and Motown. What might seem a rushed rebranding makes more sense if you know a little about Drew's creative drive, though; obsessed with cinema and narrative, Plan B is a storyteller at heart, and …Strickland Banks' songs trace a tale through the London underworld, Drew playing a soul singer from the East End jailed for a crime he didn’t commit. It's a concept that works, thanks largely to Drew’s voice--surprisingly strong, and more than capable of handling everything from upbeat Northern soul to fraught numbers like "Welcome To Hell". The narrative never overwhelms the quality of the songs, though, and for anyone disappointed such an impressively angry man has gone a bit Paolo Nutini on us, there's the occasional rap delivered with anger more savage for its infrequent deployment. –-Louis Pattison |
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publisher: Universal / Island ASIN: B003LDKIVO sales rank: 3 price: £7.48 (new) |
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publisher: Universal / Island ASIN: B002PHYNRM sales rank: 9 price: £8.95 (new), £37.98 (used) |
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publisher: Parlophone/EMI ASIN: B003IPC5SO sales rank: 13 price: £6.38 (new), £7.24 (used) |
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publisher: Parlophone Records ASIN: B003JO88Q2 sales rank: 6 price: £7.00 (new), £5.00 (used) |
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publisher: Polydor Group ASIN: B003KUSUG8 sales rank: 11 price: £6.98 (new), £5.20 (used) |
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publisher: Polydor ASIN: B002T44EOS sales rank: 10 price: £5.69 (new), £5.20 (used) |
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publisher: CMG ASIN: B003IR1NV2 sales rank: 7 price: £9.99 (new), £9.45 (used) |
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publisher: Mercury ASIN: B003O85WTY sales rank: 1 price: £8.93 (new) |
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