Customer Reviews

It'll Be Better

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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.

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!

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.

Great mix of music, songwriting, and production. Nice surprise from a new (to me) artist. Unique singing voice with different roots, influences, themes and passions: clearly Francis and the band enjoy their art.

If you saw Francis and the Lights on Jimmy Kimmel you got a glimpse of how good this guy is. Francis is quite the performer, unique and full of energy. Love this album. Starts off with something atypical, the title track "It'll be Better", an excellent ballad, then they start hitting the grooves, especially on "For Days'. It's unfair to compare him to anyone on else but you can't help but hear a little Peter Gabriel in there somewhere. Great songs, great voice. You won't go wrong picking this up.

I really like Francis and the Lights. Cool band name.
I like the spare instrumentation and the catchy singing, songs.
I hear a little Peter Gabriel in there. And of course there's
other stuff too. Good stuff.

"Going Out" is a stone cold classic song. I love it. The other songs are pretty neat as well. Do yourself a favor and dig heavy on this mess. This is only the seventh Amazon review I've ever posted. The first was for Weird Al's "Even Worse" album, which I love. This Francis and the Lights album is "even better" than "Even Worse." PLEASE make these people famous, people.