A Certain Evening Light by Trembling Blue Stars (CD, 2003, Shinkansen..new.

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Album Features
UPC: 766482574049
Artist: Trembling Blue Stars
Format: CD
Release Year: 2003
Record Label: Shinkansen Recordings (UK)
Genre: Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. The Rainbow
2. Abba on the Jukebox
3. Slow Soft Sighs
4. While Your Heart Is Still Beating
5. Doo-Wop Music
6. Before We Know It
7. Though I Still Want to Fall Into Your Arms
8. As Long as Shes Needed
9. She's Always There
10. A Slender Wrist
11. Home & Dry
12. Find Her Gone
13. Her World Beneath the Waves
14. It's Easier to Smile
15. Now That There's Nothing in the Way
16. Smoke & Steam
17. Half in Love With Leaving

Details
Distributor: Phantom Import Distributi
Recording Type: Studio
Recording Mode: Stereo
SPAR Code: n/a

Album Notes
Contains an untitled hidden track following " Half In Love With Leaving".Trembling Blue Stars includes: Bob Wratten, Annemarie Davies.Recorded between 1996 & 2002.A CERTAIN EVENING LIGHT is an 18-track anthology from U.K. twee-pop band Trembling Blue Stars, led by singer-songwriter Robert Wratten, a former member of the Field Mice. This album, released in 2003, features Trembling Blue Stars songs from 1996 to 2002.A Certain Evening Light seemingly strives to be Trembling Blue Stars' Louder Than Bombs, but unlike that great Smiths collection, Robert Wratten and company's stab at B-side glory suffers in comparison to their traditional releases. What makes it most clear that these 17 songs are B-sides is that a number of them linger in extended instrumental closings. Furthermore, not every track feels complete or polished enough for album inclusion. Still, the band's inherent atmospheric charm fills many a gap, leaving less room for complaint, particularly since the album's purpose is merely to collect the band's rare and increasingly hard to find singles. If these aren't the band's finest moments, the album certainly has a sense of cohesion that holds it together. Wratten's songwriting depends so much on mood that it would have been nearly impossible for a B-side collection not to gel. But with this reliance on mood, if too many of his songs get stuck in a cumbersome groove or a boring tempo, they can bring an album as a whole down, something that's rarely the case in the band's discography. Sadly, it's the case here. Though it is a cohesive release with its own merit and occasional songs that peak through the clouds, newcomers should still seek out all the albums in Trembling Blue Stars' back catalog before delving into this collection. Die-hard fans will appreciate having all of these B-sides on one platter, but it would be a rare occasion that they'd choose A Certain Evening Light over anything in Wratten's discography for a desert island disc. ~ Tim DiGravina