Distance and Time

Fink

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2008)
• Original Release Date: October 1, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ninja Tune
• ASIN: B0011U50IK
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #181,759 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Trouble's What You're In

2. This Is the Thing

3. If Only

4. Blueberry Pancakes

5. Get Your Share

6. Under Your Same Stars

7. So Many Roads

8. Make It Good

9. Little Blue Mailbox

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Spare and soulful songwriting rules the sophomore album from Brighton, U.K.'s Fink. Nine gravid songs grace this odd release from the usually more electronically inclined Ninja Tune imprint, on which Fink stands out as a decidedly analog, often wholly acoustic, artist. Distance and Time was produced by the great Andy Barlow, formerly of the jungle-pop masters Lamb. Barlow is the Nigel Godrich you've never heard of, an unheralded behind-the-boards genius who here sets aside his own "magic boxes" in favor of a hands-off approach that raises the exposed nerves of Fink's songwriting from campfire intimacy to searing emotional splendor.--Jason Kirk

Product Description

If Biscuits for Breakfast, Fink's debut album for Ninja Tune, signified a partial seismic musical shift for both artist and label, then Distance and Time realigns both sides of the tectonic plate. This glorious follow-up showcases Fink's sharpened knack for thoughtful songwriting that details fragmented moments full of heartache and hopeful promise, steeped in sonic palettes rich with dub, blues, folk, and acoustic soul.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Further departure, November 26, 2008

By	Justin M. Andrews (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Distance and Time (Audio CD)

Just wanted to add a note to the reviewer before me that Biscuits For Breakfast was NOT Fink's first release...Fresh Produce was his first. The aforementioned second release, Biscuits For Breakfast, and this most recent, Distance And Time, are polar shifts from the first. Continuing where he left off with Biscuits, this album is wholly a stronger effort with stronger lyrics and in my opinion, slightly cleaner production.

For any new listeners who are not familiar, Fink falls somewhere between the voice and lyrics of Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing) minus the experimentation (which was left on the experimental though simultaneously safe Fresh Produce), crossed with Jose Gonzalez after having received a shot of backbone.

Definitely worth checking out. Great album.

Trouble's What You're In, This Is The Thing, & So Many Roads are the three stand-outs on this very solid album. Make It Good, a song which made a reworked appearance on Bonobo's most recent release Days To Come, may suffer if you've heard the latter first.

5.0 out of 5 stars A+ Music, October 17, 2009

By	Charles F. Morton "no obla espaniol" (Heaven and Earth) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: Distance and Time (Audio CD)

By far Finks best Album, 7 out of 9 songs are extremely good. Usually 3-4 songs on an album are good regardless of band/singer, this is one of those rare ones that almost all the songs are good. Sort of Revolution is right behind it.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mostly Coffee Shop fare...., October 7, 2009

By	Silverfox229 "Silverfox" (KC MO) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Distance and Time (MP3 Download)

I wouldn't have purchased this album at a regular price, but I took a chance at $1.99. It doesn't disappoint at that price.

This is mostly coffee shop / Sunday morning music, except for Blueberry Pankcakes, which is a nice workout/dance song.

There are so few male voices in this genre (compared to say, Regina Spektor, Dido, Feist, KT Tunstall, etc) that I wanted to get some sexual balance into my portfolio of folk music. That's not to say this guy is on a level with those female performers, he is not quite there yet.

When I downloaded, the given genre was Alternative Rock, which fits for Blueberry Pancakes - but I changed the rest to be "Folk" genre.

My rating is 3 stars.