Grace/Wastelands

Peter Doherty | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: March 16, 2009
• Release Date: March 24, 2009
• Label: CAROLINE ASTRALWERKS - CAT
• Copyright: (C) 2009 EMI Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2009 EMI Records Ltd
• Total Length: 40:53
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• ASIN: B001VA7VS2
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,405 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, But a Little Worrisome, May 20, 2009

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Timothy Hallinan (Bangkok/Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grace / Wastelands (Audio CD)

This is a rich, beautiful, muted, heartbreaking and occasionally exhilarating CD. All the media crap aside, Doherty is the real thing, an artist who can put deepest and sometimes his darkest impulses into memorable, if often heartbreaking songs. His singing is perfect: he never gets in the lyrics' way and his phrasing is totally his own. And there's not enough to be said for the production. It's immaculate.

What's worrisome is that most of these are old songs. I'd be terrifically happy to hear a dozen new songs, if only to demonstrate that Pete's still turning them out.

But this is a collection that just gets richer with repeated listening.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pete Doherty? Really? Really? NO...REALLY? WOW!, May 18, 2010

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JG "wordmule" (...onward....thru the fog!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grace / Wastelands (Audio CD)

If someone played this CD for me and didn't tell me who it was, I'd never guess Pete Doherty. If they then told me who it was, I'd say "The Pete Doherty who's been on a slow motion trainwreck to self destruction on the front page of tabloids for much of the last decade? That Pete Doherty?".

Most people probably wouldn't characterize Mr. Doherty's heroin induced public conduct as mature. Well, folks, I'm here to tell you that after just a couple of spins of this CD, this is mature music and songwriting. With the possible exception of "Sweet By and By", which, with its New Orleans brass band sound doesn't quite seem to fit in with the rest of the album, for the most part, this is a great record.

It's been said that good songwriting comes only from people who wrestle with problems, internal strife, psychological issues, etc. Who knows whether that's really true or not, but if there is any truth to that, then Grace/Wastelands is a good record to use as an example in support of that argument.

It doesn't hurt matters that the great guitarist and creator of retro ambience, Graham Coxon, plays on most of the tracks.

This is music that will stand the test of time. Now, if Mr. Doherty can just keep the momentum of what he's done here going, we can look forward to more good stuff, and hopefully, look back at his self destructive tabloid days as just a phase.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Amazing Album, May 8, 2010

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Aaron J. Gauthier "gracewastelands" (spokane) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grace / Wastelands (Audio CD)

Pete Doherty does it again! If you're going to properly listen to this album make sure to enter into it without any preconceptions about who Pete Doherty is. Ignore the tabloid stories, ignore what you've heard about his drug abuse, enter into it with an open mind. If you do you will find one of the best albums of the last year.