Much More Than Much Love

Finley Quaye | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 16, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0001I2CH0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,812 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Something To Say

2. Beautiful Nature

3. Dice - Featuring William Orbit

4. Waiting For You

5. Lovers Return

6. Face To Face

7. Overriding Volunteer

8. Living Without You

9. Now and Forever

10. This Is How I Feel

11. Pearls Of Wisdom

12. Adorable

13. Overcome

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The rap on Finley Quaye is a familiar one: Soulful, original voice wed to an r&b/pop sense that's curiously been damned as familiar and listener-friendly. There is an undeniably inviting quality to this third Quaye album (especially after the unsettling failure of its predecessor), a crowd-pleasing sensibility that may well be genetic (he's brother to guitar player/onetime Elton John sideman Caleb Quaye and reportedly uncle to Tricky). But if, as his critics insist, the singer/songwriter is aiming for the mainstream, this collection may be an argument as to how wide, if smoothly paved, the middle of the road can actually be. Veering from the hook-filled Memphis pop grooves of "Beautiful Nature" through his dreamy, Beth Orton-haunted collaboration with William Orbit, "Dice," to the authentic dub grooves of "Now and Forever" and "Pearls of Wisdom" and the chugging alterna-pop of "Overcome," Quaye's voice carries it all with graceful skill. However compelling, there's still a nagging sense that the sum is less than the total of the parts, an equation that suggests Quaye is a skilled musical chameleon who hasn't yet found his true artistic stripes. -- Jerry McCulley

Product Description

Japanese edition of 2003 album includes three bonus tracks, 'Dice' (Layo & Bushwacka! Missing You Mix, Layo & Bushwacka! Deep House Mix, & Ilya Remix). 16 tracks. Epic. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoy it!, August 17, 2004

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S. L. Hale "Shae" (Midwest) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Much More Than Much Love (Audio CD)

I disagree with the previous reviewer although we each have our own voice. I enjoy this CD very much and found it through the recommendations page. Dice and Beautiful Nature are two of my favorite songs on this album. If you like slow, jazzy, sort of funky sounds that FQ provides, you'll love this CD! It's a mellow sound with a very warm and heartfelt message in the majority of the songs.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A departure from the sounds of 'Maverick A Strike'..., January 22, 2004

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Michael - See all my reviews

This review is from: Much More Than Much Love (Audio CD)

'Much More Than Much Love' is a huge departure from his 'Maverick A Strike' style (I don't own Vanguard, so I can't comment about it), so if you're only really inclined to that reggae trip-hop(ish) sound, then I advise you give Quaye's latest a decent listen at your local. If you've already decided that you're gonna love it and live inside America though, then it would be wise to find it for a far more attractive price than what Amazon is offering, unless you're insane, that is.

I mentioned Quaye has abandoned his original reggae sound, and that's true for the most part, except for a couple of songs--"Now and Forever" and "Pearls of Wisdom" which sound like they could of just about been plucked straight out of 'Maverick'. The rest of album is left with largely a resounding rock, eh, sound though. This new rocking Finley shocked me on my first listen, but after a few more spins I began to realise Quaye has definanetly made the right choice. I would of been concerned if he just stuck with a generic rock sound though, like a lot of these artists who experiment with a different style, but fortunately he makes every song different and distinctly his own.

The shock mentioned above could mainly be attributed to the acoustic love-ballad (I didn't want to use the word country incase it scared people off...), "Lovers Return" by the way. Don't be scared though because his voice actually suits the genre (perhaps we will see a 'Finley Quaye - Unplugged' in the near future?).

As much as I love Finley's new direction, he does make a few small missteps, such as the second track, "Beautiful Nature"-- it starts off well enough, but becomes rather bland and boring, but luckily he does a right-turn and makes the song interesting before the end. This seems to be the case with a few songs-- he has some great idea's, but just doesn't know how to string it all together and ends up filling the songs with, well, filler material. I guess this makes you appreciate the good bits all the more, right? Besides, no album is ever perfect.

All the albums wrong moves are made up for by the oustanding "Dice"-- Beth Orten and Finley make beautiful music here and arguably create the best song on the album (Beth really makes the song with her a amazing voice-- if you don't buy the album, you should probably download this song). Another stand-out song for me was the toe-tapping, "Adorable", which is by far the most rocking and catchy song on offer.

Just a little tip; like 'Maverick A Strike', 'MMTML' <i>needs</i> a decent pair of earphones to pick up all the little details Finley jams into his songs, or a really good sound system (if you don't have either, you're basically doing the CD and your ears an injustice).

I recommend "Much More Than Much Love" to those who looking for something different from the norm with their rock, or people who want an album with plenty of variety, but for those who really preferred his older stylings, then try it before you buy it (one-minute clips for just about every song can be found [online], that might suffice). Also for people who hated Finley before, give this a listen-- you might be in for a suprise.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Roll the Dice, February 26, 2004

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Adam Kruvand (Evanston, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Much More Than Much Love (Audio CD)

This one is hard to classify: Rock-Reggae (less than the first 2 albums)-Electronic-Dub + strings... but there are some good acoustic "Folk" tracks too.... Probably the most "mainstream" of Finely's albums - the electronic influence of William Orbit with Beth Orton's vocals makes for a great album that should appeal to fans of good music. His best work yet.