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Secondo album per il gruppo scandinavo guidato da Pal Waaktaar, mente del gruppo, e dal bravissimo Morten Harket, a mio giudizio una delle voci più belle del panorama contemporaneo pop. Questo si potrebbe definire, dopo il successo ottenuto con il primo album "Hunting High And Low" del 1985, la prova del nove.
L'album già ad un primo ascolto risulta orecchiabile e non banale, ma solo riascoltandolo attentamente ci si rende conto che i brani sono oltremodo ben fatti e ben arrangiati, sviluppati con una logica che era un po' venuta a mancare nel lavoro precedente. I suoni sono freschi e limpidi, si respira aria pulita e si intravedono orizzonti sconfinati tra i ghiacci del nord. Una particolare menzione va fatta per due brani particolarmente delicati: "Scoundrel Days" e "Soft Rains of April". Un gruppo inspiegabilmente sottovalutato dal pubblico italiano, anche alla luce delle loro ultime ottime produzioni.
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02 The Swing of Things (04:14)
You say the world's an eventful place
You give me news
I don't want to know
You say that I should care
That I should speak my mind
Oh, but how can I speak of the world
Rushing by
With a lump in my throat
And tears in my eyes
Oh, have we come to the point of no turning back
Or is it still time to get into
The swing of things
Let us walk through this windless city
I'll go on till the winter gets me
Oh "sleep..." you wrote "sleep, my dear"
In a letter somewhere
Oh, but how can I sleep with your
Voice in my head
With and ocean between us
And room in my bed
Oh, have I come to the point where I'm losing the grip
Or is it still time to get into
The swing of things
Oh, when she glows in the dark
And I'm weak by the sight
Of this breathtaking beauty
In which I can hide
Oh, there's a worldful out there
Of people I fear
But given time I'll get into
The swing of things
Yes, when she glows in the dark and
I'm struck by the sight
I know that I'll need this for the rest of my life
What have I done
What lies I have told
I've played games with the ones that
Rescued my soul
Oh, have I come to the point where I'm losing the grip
Or is it still time to get into
The swing of things
03 I've Been Losing You (04:23)
It wasn't the rain that washed away...
Rinsed out the colours of your eyes
Putting the gun down on the bedside table
I must have realized
It wasn't the rain
That made no difference
And I could have sworn it wasn't me
Yet I did it all so coldly
...almost slowly
Plain for all to see
Oh c'mon please now
Talk to me
Tell me; things I could find helpful
How can I stop now...
Is there nothing I can do
I have lost my way
I've been losing you
I can still hear our screams competing
You're hissing your s's like a snake
Now in the mirror stands
Half a man
I thought no one could break
It wasn't the rain
That made no difference
...Nervously drumming on:Run away
But I want the guilt to get me
Thoughts to wreck me
Preying on my mind
So, please now
Talk to me
Tell me; things I could find helpful
For how can I stop now...
Is there nothing I can do
I have lost my way
I've been losing you
04 October (03:56)
Dawn awaits a sleepless, English town
Of colored gray
Here I roam the streets without you
As summer fades away
... down in the city at nights
The cold wind blows
Wherever you may be right now
It must be getting late
You're probably asleep already
I am wide awake
... down in the city at nights
"Don't be lonely"
So you've told me
But don't you worry now
Loneliness can be ignored
And time has shown me how
... down in the city at nights
I'm missing you so much
Down in the city
Down in the city...
05 Manhattan Skyline (04:52)
We sit and watch umbrellas fly
I'm trying to keep my newspaper dry
I hear myself say
My boat's leaving now
So we shake hands and cry
Now I must wave goodbye
Wave goodbye
You know I don't want to cry again
I don't want to cry again
Don't want to say goodbye
I don't want to cry again
I don't want to run away
Don't want to raise this pain
I'll never see your face again
Oh but how, how can you say that I didn't try
You see things in the depths of my eyes
That my love's run dry, no
We leave to their goodbyes
I've come to depend on the look in their eyes
My blood's sweet for pain
The wind and the rain bring back words of a song
And they say wave goodbye
Wave goodbye
But you know I don't want to fall again
Don't want to know this pain
Don't want another friend
Don't want to try again
Never want to see you hurt
Don't let me see you hurt
I don't want to cry again
I'll never see your face again
How can you say that I didn't try
You know I did
You see thngs in the depths of my eyes
that my loves run dry
So I read to myself
A chance of a lifetime to see new horizons
On the front page a black and white picture of
Manhattan Skyline
07 We're Looking for the Whales (03:43)
One left low left two who left high
They seem so hard to find
Three came twice took once the time
To search...
We're looking for a little bewildered girl
We're looking for a little bewildered girl
We're looking for the whales
Restlesness is in our genes
Time won't wear it off
Born into this world with our eyes
Wide open
Girl
We're looking for a little bewildered girl
We're looking for a little bewildered girl
We're looking for the whales
I found angels
Beached outside your doors
Don't you se those lonely eyes on me
We're looking for the whales
We're looking for the whales...
08 The Weight of the Wind (03:59)
Your face looked new against the town
You've come to lose some memories
Like you came to touch new grounds
But you want to lose
The weight of the wind
Rests hard on your shoulders
It's bringing you down
The one that you love
Will never be found
You speak into the falling rain
Words you'd lost, but found again
I see their snakey arms entwined
So clear and cruel
In your jealous mind
But you've got to lose
The weight of the wind
Hard on your shoulders
Getting you down
The one that you love
Will never be found
09 Maybe, Maybe (02:36)
Maybe you were joking
When you said that you were
Walking out on me
Maybe, maybe
Maybe I was joking
When I said that I was running out on you
Maybe, maybe
I could be wrong, so wrong
I could be wrong, so wrong
I could be wrong
I don't know, but it's been said
Decisions travel far from heart to head
Maybe, maybe
Maybe it was over
When you chucked me out the
Rover at full speed
Maybe, maybe oh baby
I could be wrong, so wrong
I could be wrong, so wrong
I could be wrong, so wrong
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