Swansong for You

The Gentle Waves

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 2000)
• Original Release Date: November 7, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jeepster Records
• ASIN: B000051VZH
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,354 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Cellist and vocalist with indie stars Belle & Sebastian, Isobel Campbell has recently been plowing her own very engaging solo furrow with her band, the Gentle Waves. The follow-up to The Green Fields of Foreverland (1999), this album is full of delicately dramatic Scottish chanson. Campbell lets her soft voice swell on a bed of comforting strings, 1960s beat-pop horns, and tinkling harpsichord. Though the tracks are sensitive reflections on love, friendship, and childhood, they are never winsome. The sharp production and vivid arrangements give songs like "Falling from Grace" and "There Was Magic Then..." a rich, silvery quality. Swansong for You is the perfect chill-out record. --Lucy O'Brien

Product Description
Second release from Isobel Campbell's (Belle & Sebastian) s ide project. 10 really beautiful tracks. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars gentle waves indeed, April 29, 2002

By	Robert LeClair (Gresham, OR USA) - See all my reviews

I checked this CD out from my local library. I had never heard of Gentle Waves or Belle & Sebastion. Since I am 45, I'm not following any musical trends, but I hope this direction away from violent offensive and crudeness continues. When I first heard the singer, I thought of Astrid Gilberto from the Bossa Nova era. But since Antonio Carlos Jobim isn't writing the songs, they are a little less sophisticated. Nevertheless, Gentle Waves is a nice breeze that has come my way. Ironically, my father just died from old age and cancer. I brought "Swan Song for You" and played it for him while he drifted in and out of consciousness.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and sparse..., March 7, 2003

By	Caitlin Reich (NJ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Though many people tend to compare Bel's work on this album to her work with Belle & Sebastian, it's entirely different. She has made this album her own! Her airy voice and string arangements are soothing, and entirely different than the songs penned by Stuart Murdoch. I wouldn't recommend "Swansong For You" to every B&S fan, but if you enjoy soothing and light 60s style ballads, you might be pleasantly surprised.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars let the good times begin..., February 10, 2002

By	yes but you can put your arms around her "imm... (on your left) - See all my reviews

in this recording, bel summons all the beauty of simplicity, all the tweeness of the world's greatest indie record label, all the sweetness of a belle & sebastian song, and all the atmosphere of sitting in front of a cosy living room fire with a cup of ribena. with music like this, who needs belle & sebastian. well... we do, because b&s are wonderful. but this will hold us through until their next release.