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Idlewild Album: “Make Another World [Japan Bonus Track]”
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Make Another World [Japan Bonus Track] |
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Release Date:2007-02-26
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
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Label:BMG
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:4988017646649
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Review - :
Once again working with producer {$Dave Eringa}, {$Idlewild} offer what is perhaps their most accessible, radio-friendly album their fifth time out. While their previous effort {^Warnings/Promises} had its moments, it was burdened by a certain inert sludginess and anemic pacing. {^Make Another World} clears the air from the get-go with a chugging trio of rockers {&"In Competition for the Worst Time,"} {&"Everything (As It Moves),"} and {&"No Emotion."} All three of these tracks would be first-rate choices for singles, but the entire album seems ripe for the plucking. Frontman {$Roddy Woomble}'s jones for {$R.E.M.} crops up repeatedly, particularly in the title track with its heavy {^Green}-era influences, in the chime and jangle of {&"Future Works,"} and {&"Once in Your Life,"} which is a melodic dead-ringer for {$Michael Stipe} and company's {&"Country Feedback."} Mining late-'80s and early-'90s {$R.E.M.} is definitely not a bad thing, as {$Woomble}'s accent sits nicely amid the {$R.E.M.}-isms. Just to make it clear that {$Idlewild} is back to its rocking roots, the album even closes with its quickest song; one where {$Woomble}'s affects his greatest-ever {$Stipe} impersonation in its chorus. Some criticism could be leveled at {$Eringa}'s gruff, aggressive production, which frequently piles on too many guitar effects and distortion that drowns out melodies and pushes {$Woomble} to the background. Surely if {$Woomble} lingered more in the safe, pretty balladry of countryman {$Gary Lightbody}'s {$Snow Patrol}, {$Idlewild} would be soundtracking sappy television hospital dramas and shifting millions more units. And {$Woomble} is more than capable of delivering fine {\ballads}, as evidenced by his fine 2006 solo effort. {^Make Another World} isn't so much a return to form as it is another solid and accomplished but not overly memorable effort from a talented but critically marginalized band. [The Japanese version contains a bonus track.] ~ Tim DiGravina, All Music Guide
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