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Editorial Review:
Sandi Thom's second studio album, 'The Pink And The Lily', is inspired by wider tastes than her previous debut album ('Smile It Confuses People' from 2006), but retains the pop/folk sound that made her so popular on inception. Drawing muchmore upon her personal and childhood experiences than before, 'The Pink And The Lily' has a confessional feel clearly influenced by Joni Mitchell and Alanis Morissette, among others. Much of the material here was co-written by Thom and herpartner, Jake Field. Includes the single 'Devil's Beat'.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Totally agree with the consensus-not groundbreaking, but why does that matter? This album can in no way be described as groundbreaking-but who cares-it takes the best parts of 'Smile' and builds upon them-for me 'Smile' was good and at times great, but it didn't quite work as a whole, whereas this album most definitely does and to be honest there's not a bad track on it:
1.The Devils Beat-Not a great choice of single, but I do like it and it probably is the most original track. 7.5/10
2.Shape I'm In-Generic pop and I love it! Catchy and melodic; brill vocals! 9/10
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Better Than Her First! I'm puzzled as to why I have seen so many less than positive reviews about Sandi Thom's "The Pink and the Lily," and I have to ask myself why? I special ordered this from Amazon, because I live in the United States and it's not available, and have not regretted it. 1. The Devil's Beat 9/10 - Great choice for a single. Love both the lyrics and the music. The viola (cello, perhaps?) does the song justice. The song has a real attitude to it to make any Sandi Thom happy. 2. Shape I'm In 8/10 - This... more info
a hugely under rated talent in many ways "punk rocker" has been both a blessing and curse for sandi thom. it was such a huge success and polarized opinion to such a degree that what she has done subsequently has tended to be overlooked. there is much to enjoy though both with her debut album and "the pink & the lily". wonderful acoustic pop music with hooks that get in your head on first listen. uncomplicated, honest, feel good music that is quite honestly a breath of fresh air. recommended.
Excellent This album doesn't have to be "groundbreaking" whatever that means. It's choc full of intelligently warm, catchy, melodic music, made and sung by someone who still seems to know what making music is. An absolutely incredible album, it's more of the same, but then, that exactly what is so damn good about it. Vastly under-rated. 10 stars.
