Tuesday 18 September 2007

The music takes you round & round & round

Ooooh! News on Arjanwrites is that Seal and Stuart Price are working together. I'm immediately thinking the Eurodisco of Madonna's Confessions... mixed with Seal's first album. How fucking exciting and... at last! There's only so much salivating you can do over both the Kylie and the Roisin Murphy albums after months of build up. What we need is a good old-fashioned side-wipe of news that two musicians like Price and Seal, one bringing technical wizadry, the other bringing the emotional voice, have met and gotten on... "He loved the songs and I loved his production technique and we just took it from there", Seal said. The album is called System and is out in November.

It's preaching to the converted here when I declare Price's album for Madge, Confessions..., as one of her best. But Seal's 1991 debut, Seal (not to be confused with the 1994 album Seal) has been long-forgotten because of his stadium-rock pretensions thereafter. Seal appeared through a fug of dry ice somewhere at the beginning of the 90s on Adamski's Killer. And then came his solo effort: he went beyond the confines of the club stuff, produced a worldwide smash and it still sounded fab on E! It's just a pity his own comedown lasted 15 years...

But apparently Seal's returning to that uptempo dance style of his first album, something to do with his family. I think. In Lala Land speak: "I am finally in a content and happy place to the point where I feel like I need to sing about it. It's made me want to address things that are close to home". Well, whatever. I can't wait.

Future Love Paradise - Seal
(mp3 Download)

4 comments:

Poster Girl said...

I literally only know two Seal songs--"Crazy" and "Kiss From A Rose" (well, three in a few seconds, as soon as this download finishes)--but for some reason I'm really interested to hear this album. Can't wait until we get a taste of it.

Phil said...

Whaddya think of this track then? Hopefully, the album with Price won't be overblown like most of Seal's stuff...

xolondon said...

Seal had some great tunes on his last record, so I am hopeful. Usually beneath the dance music there is a good song at the heart.

Phil said...

I'll have to revisit that last album. I just love his voice... it's very unique.