Title: A Life More Ordinary
Review: It's possible that I haven't given "Out of Season" enough of a chance, but after 2 listens through I'm a bit disappointed. Gibbon's voice is interesting and emotive, as always, but the lyrics seem to lack edge, and music isn't especially interesting- piano and orchestral mainly. I understand that artists want to experiment and not be pidgeonholed and whatnot, maybe Beth Gibbons didn't want to spend the rest of her life as a Trip-Hop Goddess, but this album seems like a sort of ordinary use of her extrordinary talents. Her voice is good, but not enough to carry the album for me. "Tom the Model" is the only track that stands out in my mind.
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