The Popes are a band I am aware of firstly as the backing band to Shane Macgowans post Pogues albums and also as a band in their own right, i managed to catch them touring the Hollyway Boulevard album at Shrewsbury some years back and although musically tight I couldn't help but miss Shanes input.
Holloway Boulevard itself was a credible album but compared to 'the snake' or 'Crock of gold' it didn't really move me, This album however is a totally different beast.
The fact it says features Shane Macgowan might help with the visibility of the album but to be honest they seem to have moved beyond Shane's involvement and in reality with the exception of the final track he is confined to lending backing vocals.
What really stands out is the bands own growth vocals are superb, celtic influences abound and yet in many respects this is Folk Rock with the emphasis on Rock.
Towards the albums end it even seems that the crunching guitars could give rise to a kind of industrial folk rock such is the guitar power which for all this doesn't overshadow the fine songs on this collection.
Shane's involvement is therefore only a bonus this is purely and simply a great collection of anthemic songs which personally I look forward to seeing live.
With form like this I can only hope a follow up isn't too long in the offing. --Amazon user review
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01. Black Is The Colour 02. Let The Bells Ring Out 03. Angels Are Coming 04. Raw 05. Back In Your Heart 06. Outlaw Heaven 07. Boys, They Don't Cry 08. You're Gonna Shine 09. Crucified 10. Bastards 11. Underneath The Blue Sky 12. Slip Away 13. Loneliness Of A Long Distance Drinker
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The Popes "Outlaw Heaven"
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BONUS:
LEWIS TAYLOR - The Lost Album (2005)
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A first spin of The Lost Album can get you to wondering if what you've just heard has any relation to soul, the sound on which the enigmatic British crooner Lewis Taylor has built his next-big-thing reputation. In a dozen songs, he drifts from the ringing guitars of classic '70s rock ("Hide Your Heart Away," "Send Me an Angel") to the warm textures and brilliant atmospherics of a classic "Brian Wilson" composition ("Let's Hope Nobody Finds Us") to a couple of vaguely Beatlesque songs ("Say I Love You" and "New Morning"). Along the way, he manages to conjure up Laura Nyro, Todd Rundgren, and Syd Barrett, too -- no small feat for a guy who was once supposed to be the next Al Green. That soul courses through Lewis Taylor's blood is something no one who's spent time with Stoned, a later Taylor record that was released in the U.S. prior to The Lost Album, could reasonably doubt. He's just chosen to filter it here, and in lesser hands that could have been a major disappointment. Instead it only adds to his mystery man appeal: something in the loose knit of the songs feels like an invitation -- his vocal delivery is more sweet suggestion than bold pronouncement, and his music follows suit. It's a warm puddle of a disc, moist with possibilities and deep, fresh imprints on well-loved, accessible sounds. Lewis Taylor probably doesn't mean to play genre roulette with his listeners -- more straight-up soul, for all we know, could be on the way -- but The Lost Album demonstrates pretty clearly that it's safe to plunk your money down when he does step up to the wheel. (ALLMUSIC)
To say this album gets better with each listen is both a cliché and an understatement. (Popmatters)
(4 stars) While some musicians who plunder the past dilute their source material (see Lenny Kravitz), British soul man Lewis Taylor does the opposite. His second U.S. release rides a wave of giddy enthusiasm, unleashing big noises lovingly swiped from Bee Gees, Jimi Hendrix, and umpteen others: 'Let's Hope Nobody Finds Us' would make a fine addition to the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds.' Playing every multicolored note himself, Taylor is an ingenious charmer. Spin Magazine
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LEWIS TAYLOR - The Lost Album (2005)
Lewis is a throwback to the one-man studio bands of the analog 1970s: songwriters like Todd Rundgren, Stevie Wonder, Prince and Paul McCartney. He skews half a dozen once-disparate 1970s styles to his own whims. -- The NY Times --The New York Times
'The Lost Album' is as stunningly lovely as the tropical sunset on its cover as poignantly beautiful as the sun sinking below the life-and-death line of the horizon in a cloudless summer sky. When 'Leader of the Band' first came on in my LA rental car I literally burst into tears of joy joy at the power of music to disable the mind s control over the heart. In that sublime moment I felt sheer gratitude for what music has given me over almost 40 years. --Barney Hoskyns, NME
If you came to Lewis Taylor through his psychedelic soul masterpiece, 'Stoned,' the sun-soaked prog of 'The Lost Album' might come as a surprise. But don't worry. You can still wrap yourself in his melodies, float on his harmonies and marvel at the sheer virtuosity behind every meticulously-crafted song. It's a very different, but no less astonishing, side of Lewis Taylor. And one that nearly remained unheard.
'The Lost Album' began life as demos for the follow-up to Lewis Tayor's highly-acclaimed debut record. Labeled by the press as the second-coming of soul and expected to work within those confines, he shocked his then-label by indulging his love of progressive rock and West-coast pop. The demos were subsequently rejected by his label, and Taylor fulfilled his contract with another album of begrudgingly brilliant soul. Years later, on his own label, Lewis and collaborator Sabina Smyth revisited those demos and finally made the album they'd always envisioned. Upon its release in the UK, the British press embraced 'The Lost Album' with the same rapt enthusiasm as his previous work. Now HackTone Records is proud to present 'The Lost Album' in America - repackaged, remastered and expanded with three acoustic recordings of songs from his 1996 debut. (Melody Maker)
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Wow, the Lewis Taylor is sublime.
I admit to having read about him but for whatever reason, I never pursued hearing him.
Big mistake. Thanks for helping me correct my earlier error; the Lost Album is a bonafide masterpiece.
I've looked into finding more from this remarkable artist. YouTube proves that the reviews you collated were right on target - this guy seems to be able to do anything.
If there's any more Lewis Taylor in your collection, I'd be willing to mow your lawn if you'd be willing to share some more Lewis.
Hope that you guys have a very special holiday season.
This past year of giving us presents may have been your best - hell, I owe you, what the fuck, I'll mow your lawns.
Jeff McKee
Richmond, Va.
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