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Jamie Cullum: Catching Tales

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Universal Classics & Jazz
Released: 2004.05.11
Time:
 60:32
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.jamiecullum.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2007.04.02
Price in €: 7,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] What a Diff'rence a Day Made (S.Adams/M.Grever) - 5:07
[2] These Are the Days (B.Cullum) - 3:20
[3] Singin' in the Rain (N.H.Brown/A.Freed) - 4:06
[4] Twentysomething  (J.Cullum) - 3:39
[5] But for Now (B.Dorough) - 3:55
[6] Old Devil Moon (E.Harburg/B.Lane) - 4:11
[7] I Could Have Danced All Night (A.J.Lerner/F.Loewe) - 3:23
[8] Blame It on My Youth (E.Heyman/O.Levant) - 3:10
[9] I Get a Kick Out of You (C.Porter) - 4:10
[10] All at Sea (J.Cullum) - 4:32
[11] Wind Cries Mary (J.Hendrix) - 3:37
[12] Lover, You Should've Come Over (J.Buckley) - 4:47
[13] It's About Time (B.Cullum) - 4:05
[14] Next Year, Baby (J.Cullum) - 4:58

Bonus Tracks:
[15] Everlasting Love (B.Cazon/M.Gayden) - 3:21
[16] Frontin' (S.Carter/Ch.Hugo/P.Williams) - 3:59
[17] Can't we be Friends (P.James/K.Swift) - 3:33
[18] High and Dry [Live from the South Bank Show] (J.Greenwood/C.Greenwood/E.O'Brien/Ph.Selway/T.York) - 5:32


 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l

Jamie Cullum Trio:
Jamie Cullum - Percussion, Piano, Accordion, Arranger, Hammond B3 Organ, Vocals, Mellotron, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Arranger
Geoff Gascoyne     Arranger, Electric & Acoustic Bass, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements, Arranger
Sebastian DeKrom     Drums, Arranger

Alan Barnes - Alto Saxophone
Ben Castle - Tenor Saxophone
Ben Cullum - Vocals
David Jack Daniels - Cello
John Paricelli - Guitar
Jackie Shane - Violin
Jackie Shave - Violin
Martin Shaw - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Michael Strange - Drums
Jamie Talbot - Alto Saxophone
Bruce White - Viola
Gavyn Wright - Violin
Francis Fuster - Percussion

Stewart Levine - Producer, Liner Notes
Piers Bedford - Producer
Andy Rogers - Producer, Engineer
Alan Bates - Executive Producer
Bernie Grundman - Mastering
Rik Pekkonen - Engineer, Surround Mix
Greg Burns - Assistant
Hollis King - Art Direction
Kelly Pratt - Release Coordinator
Erib Whelan - Release Coordinator
Isabelle Wong - Design
Simon Fowler - Photography

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s

 
2004 CD Verve 000227302
2004 CD Verve 000253436
2004 CD Universal 9866154



Already a sensation in his native England, 22-year-old piano man Jamie Cullum comes off like a hip amalgamation of Harry Connick, Jr. and Randy Newman on his sophomore effort, Twentysomething. As with Blue Note's crossover wunderkind Norah Jones, Cullum works best when he's not trying too hard to please hardcore jazz aficionados, but it's not too difficult to imagine his bonus-track version of Pharrell Williams' "Frontin'" turning some jazz fans onto the Neptunes. Showcasing Cullum's sardonic wit and lounge-savvy attitude, the album deftly flows from singer/songwriter love songs to jazzy barroom romps and reappropriated modern rock tunes. Cullum has a warm voice with a slight rasp that retains a bit of his Brit accent even though his influences -- Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Tom Waits -- are resolutely American. Truthfully, Cullum isn't the most accomplished vocalist and his piano chops are pleasant at best -- Oscar Peterson he ain't. That said, he's still a kick. What he lacks in technique he makes up for in swagger and smarts as many of his original compositions reveal. On the swinging and wickedly humorous title track -- a take on postgraduate slackerdom -- Cullum sardonically laments, "After years of expensive education, a car full of books and anticipation, I'm an expert on Shakespeare and that's a hell of a lot but the world don't need scholars as much as I thought." It's a timely statement in our overeducated, underemployed "dot-bomb" economy and deftly posits Cullum as a jazz singer as much of as for his generation. Also compelling are his choices of cover tunes, as he is able to imprint his own persona on the songs while magnifying what made them brilliant to begin with. To these ends, Jeff Buckley's "Lover, You Should've Come Over" gets a gut-wrenchingly minimalist treatment and Radiohead's "High and Dry" comes off as the best Bruce Hornsby song you've never heard. Conversely, Cullum treats jazz standards as modern pop tunes, reworking them into contemporary styles that are neither cynical nor awkward. In fact, his atmospheric, '70s AM pop take on "Singin' in the Rain," replete with string backgrounds and Cullum's percolating Rhodes keyboard, is one of the most appealing cuts on the album, lending the Great American Songbook warhorse an air of virginity.

Matt Collar - All Music Guide



British singer, pianist, songwriter, and performer Jamie Cullum can remind you a little of Harry Connick Jr., a little of early Billy Joel, a little of Elton John, even a little of Sinatra, and, ultimately, a lot of just himself. Cullum indeed draws from panoply of sources, but he’s been able to synthesize the best from each and transform it all into a personal style. Call it cabaret with a contemporary singer-songwriter edge. Mixing a handful of his own highly effective originals with a clever grab bag of well-loved standards and disparate rock tunes (Hendrix’s “Wind Cries Mary,” Jeff Buckley’s “Lover You Should Have Come Over,” and Radiohead’s “High and Dry”), Cullum somehow brings it all together effortlessly, betraying not a hint of self-consciousness. His all-embracing taste and blatant enthusiasm for a great song -- no matter its vintage -- combined with a true flair for singing and playing, mark this precocious “twenty-something” as a mature performer. It’s obvious we’ll be hearing lots more from this talented newcomer to our shores.

William Pearl - Barnes & Noble



In the punch-line-filled verses of the title track to Jamie Cullum's Twentysomething, the British singer and pianist laments the sheer folly of his expensive education. Over a snazzy Afro-jazz groove, Cullum ponders whether he should move back home and "work nine-to-five, answering phones," before he utters an outright plea: "Don't make me live for my Friday nights/Drinking eight pints and getting in fights." It's modern disillusionment expressed in the language of the relentlessly chipper ring-a-ding-ding Fifties, and Cullum, 24, cops the perfect croon to put it across. Elsewhere on this thoroughly enjoyable (if slightly too long) album, Cullum uses material from several pop eras to showcase his slippery-eel vocal phrasing, completely rearranging classic pop standards and bringing a wry invention to Jeff Buckley's "Lover, You Should've Come Over." And on his own "All at Sea," Cullum delivers a heroic sense of romantic longing - the kind that once saturated Van Morrison's songs, before he became a grouch.

TOM MOON - Rolling Stone (May 27, 2004)
 

 L y r i c s


What A Difference A Day Made

What a difference a day made, twenty four little hours
Brought the sun and the flowers where there use to be rain
My yesterday was blue dear
Today I'm a part of you dear
My lonely nights are through dear
Since you said you were mine
Oh, what a difference a day made
There's a rainbow before me
Skies above can't be stormy since that moment of bliss
That thrilling kiss
It's heaven when you find romance on your menu
What a difference a day made
And the difference is you, is you

My yesterday was blue dear
Still I'm a part of you dear
My lonely nights are through dear
Since you said you were mine
Oh, what a difference a day made
There's a rainbow before me
Skies above can't be stormy since that moment of bliss
That thrilling kiss
It's heaven when you find romance on your menu
What a difference a day made
And the difference is you, is you, is you


These Are The Days

These are the days that I've been missing
Give me the taste give me the joy of summer wine
These are the days that bring new meaning
I feel the stillness of the sun and I feel fine
Sometimes when the nights are closing early
I remember you and I start to smile
Even though now you don't want to know me
I get on by, and I go the extra mile

These are the times of love and meaning
Ice of the heart has melted away and found the light
These are the days of endless dreaming
Troubles of life are floating away like a bird in flight

These are the days
These are the days
These are the days

I've tought you said that love would last forever
Leave and that the tears would end for good
I told you that we get trough any weather


Singing In The Rain

I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above
The sun's in my heart
And I'm ready for love
For love
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
Come on with the rain
I've a smile on my face
I'll walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
Singing, singing in the rain
In the rain.

La...

I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again
I walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
I'm singing, singing in the rain
In the rain
In the rain


Twentysomething

After years of expensive education
A car full of books and anticipation
I'm an expert on Shakespeare and that's a hell of a lot
But the world don't need scholars as much as I thought
Maybe I'll go traveling for a year
Finding myself, or start a career
Could work the poor, though I'm hungry for fame
We all seem so different but we're just the same
Maybe I'll go to the gym, so I don't get fat
Aren't things more easy, with a tight six pack
Who knows the answers, who do you trust
I can't even separate love from lust
Maybe I'll move back home and pay off my loans
Working nine to five, answering phones
But don't make me live for Friday nights
Drinking eight pints and getting in fights
Maybe I'll just fall in love
That could solve it all
Philosophers say that that's enough
There surely must be more
Love ain't the answer, nor is work
The truth eludes me so much it hurts
But I'm still having fun and I guess that's the key
I'm a twentysomething and I'll keep being me


But For Now

Sure I know you'd like to have me
Talk about my future
And a million words or so to fill you in about my past
Have I sisters or a brother
When's my birthday how's my mother
Well my dear in time I'll answer all those things you ask

But for now I'll just say I love you
Nothing more seems important somehow
And tomorrow can wait come whatever
Let me love you forever but right now
Right now

Some fine day when we go walking
We'll take time for idle talking
Sharing every feeling as we watch each other smile
I'll hold your hand you'll hold my hand
We'll say things we never had planned
Then we'll get to know each other in a little while

But for now let me say I love you
Later on there'll be time for so much more
But for now meaning now and forever
Let me kiss you my darling then once more
Once more

But for now let me say I love you
Later on I must know much more of you
But for now here and now how I love you
As you are in my arms I love you
I love you
I love you


Old Devil Moon

I looked at you and suddenly
Something in your eyes I see
Soon begins bewitching me

I looked at you and suddenly
Something in your eyes I see
Soon begins bewitching me
It's that old devil moon
That you stole from the sky
It's that old devil moon in your eyes

You and your glance makes this romance too hot to handle
Stars in the night blazin' their light can't hold a candle
To your razzle dazzle
You've got me flyin' high and wide
On a magic carpet ride
Full of butterflies inside
I just wanna cry
Wanna croon
Wanna laugh like a loon
It's that old devil moon in your eyes

Just when I think I'm free as a dove
Old evil moon deep in your eyes
Blinds me with love

I looked at you and suddenly
Something in your eyes I see
Soon begins bewitching me

I looked at you and suddenly
Something in your eyes I see
Soon begins bewitching me
It's that old devil moon
That you stole from the sky
It's that old devil moon in your eyes

You and your glance makes this romance too hot to handle
Stars in the night blazin' their light can't hold a candle
To your razzle dazzle
You've got me flyin' high and wide
On a magic carpet ride
Full of butterflies inside
I just wanna cry
Wanna croon
Wanna laugh like a loon
It's that old devil moon in your eyes

Just when I think I'm free as a dove
Old evil moon deep in your eyes
Blinds me with love


I Could Have Danced All Night

I could have danced all night
I could have danced all night
And still have begged for more
I could have spread my wings
And done a thousand things
I'd never ever done before
I'll never know what made it so exciting
But all at once my heart took flight
I only know when she began to dance with me
I could have danced, danced, danced, danced, danced, danced

Bed? I couldn't go to bed
My head's too light to try to settle down
Sleep? I couldn't sleep tonight
Not for all the jewels in the crown!

I'll never know what made it so exciting
But all at once my heart took flight
I only know when she began to dance with me
I could have danced, danced, danced, danced all night


Blame It On My Youth

If, I expected love, when first we kissed, blame it on my youth
If only just for you, I did exist, blame it on my youth
I believed in everything
Like a child of three
You meant more than anything
You meant all the world to me

If, you were on my mind, all night and day, blame it on my youth
If, I forgot to eat, and sleep and pray, blame it on my youth
If I cried a little bit, when first I learned the truth
Don't blame it on my heart, blame it on my youth


I Get A Kick Out Of You

I get no kick from champagne
Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all
So tell me why should it be true
That I get a kick out of you

Some get their kicks from cocaine
I'm sure that if I took even one sniff
That would bore me terrifically too
That I get a kick out of you

I get a kick every time I see you standing there before me
I get a kick though it's clear to me that you obviously do not adore me

I get no kick in a plane
Flying too high with some gal in the sky
Is my idea of nothing to do
But I get a kick out of you

I get no kick from champagne
Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all
So tell me why should it be true
That I get a kick out of you

Some get their kicks from cocaine
I'm sure that if I took even one sniff
That would bore me terrifically too
That I get a kick out of you

I get a kick every time I see you standing there before me
I get a kick though it's clear to me that you obviously do not adore me

I get no kick in a plane
Flying too high with some gal in the sky
Is my idea of nothing to do
But I get a kick
She gives me the boot
I get a kick out of you


All At Sea

I'm all at sea
Where no-one can bother me
Forgot my roots
If only for a day
Just me and my thoughts sailing far away
Like a warm drink it seeps into my soul
Please just leave me right here on my own
Later on you could spend some time with me
If you want to
All at sea
I'm all at sea
Where no-one can bother me
I sleep by myself
I drink on my own
Don't speak to nobody
I gave away my phone
Like a warm drink it seeps into my soul
Please just leave me right here on my own
Later on you could spend some time with me
If you want to
All at sea
Now I need you more than ever, I need you more than ever, now
You don't need it every day
But sometimes don't you just crave
To disappear within your mind
You never know what you might find
So come and spend some time with me
We will spend it all at sea
Like a warm drink it seeps into my soul
Please just leave me right here on my own
Later on you could spend some time with me
If you want to
All at sea


Wind Cries Mary

After all the jacks are in their boxes,
And the clowns have all gone to bed,
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street,
Footprints dress in red.

And the wind whispers Mary.

A broom is drearily sweeping
Up the broken pieces of yesterday's life.
Somewhere a Queen is weeping,
Somewhere a King has no wife.

And the wind cries Mary.

The traffic lights turn blue tomorrow
Shine their emptiness down on my bed
The tiny island sags downstream
'Cos the life that they lived is dead.

And the wind screams Mary.

Oh oh yeah

Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past
With this crutch, its old age and its wisdom
It whispers, "No, this will be the last."

And the wind cries Mary.


Lover, You Should Have Come Over

Looking out the door I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
Parading in a wake of sad relations as their shoes fill up with water
Maybe I'm too young to keep good love from going wrong
But tonight you're on my mind so you never know

I'm broken down and hungry for your love with no way to feed it
Where are you tonight, you know how much I need it
Too young to hold on and too old to break free and run

Sometimes a man, he gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his fun
And he's much too blind to see the damage he's done
Cause sometimes a man must awake to find that really he has no one

So I'll wait for you and I'll burn
Will I ever see your sweet return
Oh will I ever learn

Oh lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late

Lonely is the room, the bed is made, the open window lets the rain in
Burning in the corner is the only one who dreams he had you with him
My body turns and yearns for a sleep that will never come

Sometimes a man, he gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his fun
And he's much too blind to see the damage he's done
Cause sometimes a man must awake to find that really he has no one

So I'll wait for you and I'll burn
Will I ever see your sweet return
Oh will I ever learn

Oh lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late
'Cause it's not too late


It's About Time

Walking down to the water's edge
Where I have been before
If I don't find my love sometime
I'm walking out that door
Some may come and some may go
But no-one seems to be
The person I've been searching for
The one whose meant for me
Biding my time, trying to find a heart that's lonely
Looking for her, my love my one and only
Maybe I'll dream, tonight about the girl who'll be coming my way
So I'll take this chance and celebrate the day
When I'm making my way through an open door
I've got some love and so much more
And I"m ready to make someone mine
Making my way through an open door
I've got some love and so much more
And I'll find her, 'cos it's about time
You try too hard and it feels just like
You're running on thin air
Why does luck happen by suprise
If you don't really care
The past is gone the flames are out
From fires that have burned
New ideals and different thoughts
From lessons I have learned
Biding my time, trying to find a heart that's lonely
Looking for her, my love my one and only
Maybe I'll dream, tonight about the girl who'll be coming my way
So I'll take this chance and celebrate the day
When I'm making my way through an open door
I've got some love and so much more
And I"m ready to make someone mine
Making my way through an open door
I've got some love and so much more
And I'll find her, 'cos it's about time
Got the feeling this could take a pretty long while
To find that smile
Put my faith in another piece of good advice
Well I tried that twice
Waiting for, a little something more
To inspire, take me higher
And I"m ready to make someone mine
Making my way through an open door
I've got some love and so much more
And I'll find her, 'cos it's about time
It's about time


Next Year Baby

Next Year,
Things are gonna change,
Gonna drink less beer
And start all over again
Gonna pull up my socks
Gonna clean my shower
Not gonna live by the clock
But get up at a decent hour
Gonna read more books
Gonna keep up with the news
Gonna learn how to cook
And spend less money on shoes
Pay my bills on time
File my mail away, everyday
Only drink the finest wine
And call my Gran every Sunday
Resolutions
Well Baby they come and go
Will I do any of these things?
The answers probably no
But if there's one thing, I must do,
Despite my greatest fears
I'm gonna say to you
How I've felt all of these years
Next Year, Next Year, Next Year
I gonna tell you, how I feel
Well, resolutions
Baby they come and go
Will I do any of these things?
The answers probably no
But if there's one thing, I must do,
Despite my greatest fears
I'm gonna say to you
How I've felt all of these years
Next Year, Next Year, Next Year


Everlasting Love

Hearts gone astray, deep in her when they go.
I went away just when you needed me so.
You won't regret, I'll come back begging you. (mmm)
Won't you forget, welcome the love we once knew.

Open up your eyes, then you realise.
Here I stand with my everlasting love.
Need you by my side.
Girl to be my pride.
Never be denied everlasting love....

oh...

Hearts gone astray deep in hurt when they go.
I went away just when you needed me so.
You wont regret I'll come back begging you.
Wont you forget, welcome love we once knew.

Open up your eyes, then you'll realise.
Here I stand with my everlasting love
Need you by my side.
Girl to be my pride.
Never be denied everlasting love.

From the very start open up your heart, feel that you've fall in,
Everlasting love......

need a love to last forever.
need a love to last forever.
need a love to last forever.
need a love to last forever.........

I need a love to last forever


Frontin'

DONT WANT TO SOUND FULL OF MYSELF OR RUDE
BUT YOU AIN'T LOOKING AT NO OTHER DUDES
CAUSE YOU LOVE ME
SO YOU THINK ABOUT A CHANCE
YOU FIND YOURSELF TRYING TO DO MY DANCE
MAYBE CAUSE YOU LOVE ME

SO THEN WE TRY
SINGING IT SLOW NOW BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T USED TO HOW FAST WE TOUCHED
THEN WE LOCKED EYES
I KNEW I WASN'T THERE AND I WAS GONNA TEAR YOUR ASS UP

I KNOW THAT I'M CARRYING ON
NEVER MIND IF I'M SHOWING OFF
I WAS JUST FRONTIN', YOU KNOW I WANT YOU, BABE
I'M READY TO BET IT ALL
UNLESS YOU DON'T CARE AT ALL
BUT YOU KNOW I WANT YOU
YOU SHOULD STOP FRONTIN', BABE

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

TRYING TO BE THE BEST GIRLFRIEND YOU CAN BE
STILL YOU SNEAK AND LOOK AT ME
AND GIRL I LOVE IT
THEN YOU GIVE YOUR OTHER GIRL A SHOVE
TELL HER YOU'RE GONNA CALL AND ASK HOW IT WAS
AND SHE'S GONNA LOVE IT
WHOA WHOA

SO THEN WE TRY
SINGING IT SLOW NOW CAUSE YOU WEREN'T USED TO HOW FAST WE TOUCHED
THEN WE LOCKED EYES
I KNEW I WAS IN THERE AND I WAS GONNA TEAR YOUR ASS UP

I KNOW THAT IM CARRYING ON
NEVER MIND IF I'M SHOWING OFF
I WAS JUST FRONTIN' YOU KNOW I WANT YOU, BABE
I'M READY TO BET IT ALL
UNLESS YOU DON'T CARE AT ALL
BUT YOU KNOW THAT I WANT YOU, YOU SHOULD STOP FRONTIN', BABE

YEAH YEAH YEAH
YEAH YEAH YEAH

I KNOW THAT I'M CARRYING ON
NEVER MIND IF I'M SHOWING OFF
I WAS JUST FRONTIN' YOU KNOW I WANT YOU, BABE
I'M READY TO BET IT ALL
UNLESS YOU DON'T CARE AT ALL
BUT YOU KNOW THAT I WANT YOU, YOU SHOULD STOP FRONTIN' BABE

WHOA WHOA WHOA YEAH
YEAH YEAH YEAH
MMMM


Can't We Be Friends

I thought I'd found the girl of my dreams
So it seems this is how the story ends
She's goin' to turn me down and say
Can't we be Friends?

I thought for once it couldn't go wrong
Not for long I can see the way this ends
She's goin' to turn me down and say
Can't we be Friends?

Never again through and with love
And through with them
They play their game without shame
And who's to blame?

I thought I'd found a girl I could trust
What a bust now I see the way this ends
She's goin'to turn me down and say
Can't we be Friends?

Never again through and with love
And through with them
They play their game without shame
And who's to blame?

I should have seen the signals and stopped
What a flop now I see the way this ends
I'll let her turn me down and say
Can't we be Friends?

I thought I'd found the girl of my dreams
So it seems this is how the story ends
I'll let her turn me down and say
Can't we be Friends?


High and Dry

Two jumps in a week
I bet you think that's pretty clever don't you boy?
Flying on your motorcycle
Watching all the ground beneath you drop
You kill yourself from recognicion
You kill yourself to never ever stop
You broke another mirror
You are turning into something you are not

Don't leave me high
Don’t leave me dry
Don't leave me high
Don’t leave me dry

Drying up in conversation
You will be the one who cannot talk
All your insides fall to pieces
You just sit there wishing you could still make love
They're the ones who'll hate you
When you think you've got the world all sussed out
They’re the ones who’ll spit att you
You will be the one screaming out

Don't leave me high
Don’t leave me dry
Don't leave me high
Don’t leave me dry

It's the best thing you have ever had
It’s the best thing you have ever had

Don't leave me high
Don’t leave me dry
Don't leave me high
Don’t leave me dry
 

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