Title: The Most Beautiful Album of the Year
Product review: With this debut, Damien Rice has created the most beautiful album we've heard this year. In fact, we have been so enchanted with the sound of this cd each time we have listened to it, we have plum forgotten to pay attention to the words. We have noticed, however, the complex, stately melodies, the shortest clocking in at over four and a half minutes; the lush strings, glistening acoustic guitar, and striking arrangements; the haunting and shadowy back-up (and occasional lead) vocals of Lisa Hannigan; and, most of all, the arrestingly agile, evocative and, off-times, riveting vocal performances of Damien Rice. Good lyrics would probably be overkill. (Nevertheless, we're determined to remember to listen next time). The album climaxes with a majesterial operatic performance by Doreen Curran inserted into the extraordinarily moving 'Eskimo'. It is a daring and stunningly successful gambit by producer Rice and indicative of an innovative and exciting new artist.
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