It'll Be Better

Francis & the Lights | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 20, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cantora
• ASIN: B003G7DSEO
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #119,677 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Championed by artists like Kanye West, Ryan Leslie, and Drake, Francis and the Lights make a compelling case for the return of Blue Eyed Soul. More accurately though, they are a Rock and Roll band, whose leader, Francis Farewell Starlite, writes Pop songs that make him want to dance. After two widely circulated EPs, a buzzed about music video that leaped to mtv2 without a record label, and a history of legendary New York shows, Francis and Lights now unveil their awaited 8-song debut, "It'll Be Better." The band was hand-picked by hip hop superstar Drake to support his first North American Tour, this spring and summer, and will also headline shows of their own along the way. On stage, Starlite delivers a breathtaking show, somehow straddling the gap between carefully considered choreography and wild abandon. Francis is an eccentric, but it is perfectionism and transparency that make Francis and the Lights `elusive.' There are plans here. It is a train worth getting on.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music for Time Travelers, July 2, 2010

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Ben Ickler "zeekveerko" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It'll Be Better (MP3 Download)

I stumbled onto this entirely by coincidence because of an article about this album being the first ever to be released as an embeddable HTML5 widget. Sometimes the internet is full of happy coincidences. What I found was an album that's so new and fresh, yet could easily have been recorded in 1985 and no one would have thought it was out of place. I'm not entirely convinced that Francis didn't actually time travel from the 80's to 2006 to capitalize on the cyclical nature of music appreciation.

Frontman Francis Farewell Starlite conjures essences of 80's greats Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Prince in his music and vocal stylings, and in the video for `Darling, It's Alright,' even manages to conjure up some Rick Astley with his random and awesome dance at the end.

I highly recommend this album.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Earworm, August 5, 2010

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Thomas W. Altizer (Arlington, VA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It'll Be Better (Audio CD)

This music streams into your brain and and will NOT leave! All of the influences (Prince,etc.) are duly noted but ultimetaly transformed into something new and unique. "Tap The Phone" will not leave your head, I promise. Thank goodness for music this fresh! This is the first music I have bought solely as a download and it is all interesting. Leaving aside anything prior to this CD is OK though because "It'll Be Better" is perfect in and of itself. What at treat!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More consistent and polished, April 28, 2010

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katzcrawford (Lexington, KY USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: It'll Be Better (MP3 Download)

Francis and the Lights have released some singles and EPs that showed real potential for the band, but this is more of a finished product. It's a fuller, more polished production and has more consistent songwriting. Most of the songs are as good or better than anything else I've heard from them. The band has been on the road away from NY a lot lately, and it seems like they are really maturing into a top class act. This is their best recording so far.