Lights in This Town Are Too Many to Count [Import]

Grand Drive (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 26, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bmg/Gravity
• ASIN: B0002H2O1Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #621,262 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Love & The Truth

2. Maybe I'm A Winner

3. Real Thing

4. Lady Of Mine (West Pier 2003)

5. Me & My Star

6. Santa Rita

7. I Won't Let You Down

8. There Aren't Words (I'm Just Gonna Write)

9. Believe In Love

10. Your Final Hour

Editorial Reviews

Grand Drive have always been able to effortlessly combine classic songwriting with seductive modern twists & on fourth album 'The Lights In This Town Are Too Many To Count' they do so to the nth degree. From the anthemic, shimmering opener 'Love & Truth' through the folk-rock of 'The Real Thing' & onto the epic closer 'Your Final Hour' this is an album of majestic quality. Produced by Malcolm Burn (who worked on Dylan's 'Oh Mercy'), 'The Lights.' sees the Wilson brothers (Danny & Julian) finally deliver on all the promise of their earlier albums. An atmospheric, deep & often very powerful record, 'The Lights.' has all the makings of a cult classic. Ten tracks. Digipak. Gravity Records. 2004.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't Miss This Awesome CD--4.82 stars, May 2, 2005

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Kelly Street (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lights in This Town Are Too Many to Count (Audio CD)

Pretty much an unknown quantity in U.S, British band Grand Drive does the Americana/roots thing better than just about any of its American counterparts. This is pretty much a CD of love songs. Brothers Danny and Julian Wilson mine a variety of 70s-ish AM radio styles with aplomb, but never self-consciously.

Fuzzy guitars take the stage as the release kicks off with the excellent "Love and the Truth". Great pop songs abound. The highlights include stately "Santa Rita", "Maybe I'm A Winner", and the psychedelia-tinged "Me & My Star". "I Believe In Love" sounds like a lost ABBA track. "I Won't Let You Down" samples the beginning of Steely Dan's Do It Again before melding into a frothy bubblegum stew that sounds like could have fallen off Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

With each release Grand Drive takes orchestral country-pop to new heights. Some have complained that the Wilson Brothers write schmaltzy lyrics; and that fuzzy, gauzy sounding guitar is kind of claustrophobic at times.

Buy this CD and "Me and My Star" will become your new favorite song. Fans of Josh Rouse should find plenty to like.