Out of Myself [EXTRA TRACKS] [IMPORT]

Benjamin Diamond

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 2005)
• Original Release Date: May 10, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: K7
• ASIN: B0007Q6S3K
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #247,326 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
With his first album for !K7 Records, Benjamin Diamond, whose voice graced the worldwide Stardust mega-hit "Music Sounds Better With You", confirms that music in 2005 will in fact sound much better - with him.

After the huge success of the Stardust track, Diamond recorded his debut album Strange Attitude for Epic / Sony France which appeared in 2000. Since then, Benjamin Diamond has concentrated on the development of his own label, DiamondTraxx, as well as acting as guest vocalist (Octet, Cosmo Vitelli) and a remixer for various releases on Kompakt.

This captivating singer-songwriter record bounds through a variety of genres and pulls influences from Prince, Bob Dylan, Ray Davies from The Kinks, Arthur Lee from Love, Paul Weller and New Order in uptempo rock hymns, tracks with fine orchestrations, and melancholic reduced Folk-Pop.

The 11 fabulous pearls of pop that Diamond has brought to the surface are intriguing enough to keep your attention throughout the album. It's all so good, be it the incredibly light-footed, oscillating "Let's Get High", the pleading-fascinating- empathetic "I Wish" or accomplished rockers like the opener, "Mr. Fate", which opens with, "Hey Mr. Fate, take me down your way and show me some places I’ve never been...".

It is precisely such a place to which an album like Out Of Myself takes us. In fact, no pop record has been so simultaneously brilliant, simple, wily and effortlessly thrown together. Out Of Myself doesn't re-invent the wheel of pop music, but it fits it with a shiny new tire inflated with fantastic songs and a tread that doesn’t wear out, even after ten thousand miles.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Addictive!, February 22, 2006

By	DaveKCMO (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews

Don't let Track 1 fool you, this is a full-on pop album crafted with the highest regard for 70s melody and accessibility. Track 2 introduces you to the sound that will carry the weight of the album. A incredibly listenable effort from start-to-finish, you'd never know this was the same "Ooooooh, baby" voice of Stardust's "Music Sounds Better With You". Top cuts are "Let's Get High", "Lights In The Sky", "I Wish", "Give Me The Grace", and "These Emotions". Lyrics are a decent effort -- considering the French origins -- but you will not stop singing along with all of these tracks. A huge improvement from the Diamond's first solo effort, "Strange Attitude". Search for this guy on MySpace, he occasionally will post free tracks from this CD.

4.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing, September 8, 2005

By	MOS DEF (Chitown) - See all my reviews

I borrowed this cd from a friend and couldn't get it out of my cd player. It's a mellow cd with great melodies, strong arrangements, and lyrics with substance that aren't too pretentious. Think John Mayer, Coldplay, Travis, and a bit of Everything But the Girl throw together in no particular order. It was surprising that no one has ever heard of him with the exception of a side project he did with Stardust on 'The music sounds better with you...'.

It's rare for an album to come along that you can throw in and listen to all the way through, but this one passes the test for me that cd's like Joshua Tree, Parachutes, Room for Squares, and White Ladder have passed.