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Ci aveva lasciato con il songwriting scuro ed elettronico di "Our Shadow Will Remain", disco eccezionale martoriato dalla distribuzione, forse è proprio per questo che Arthur con il suo quinto disco inaugura la propria etichetta, così dopo due anni intensi e febbrili, nel quale Arthur ha affinato la sua arte, producendo, arrangiando e suonando due dischi straordinari, esordi fulminanti come quelli di Tara Angell e Greg Connors, collaborazioni, concerti indimenticabili, la pubblicazione del suo primo Art Book accompagnato da un'indispensabile colonna sonora che porta il titolo di "We Almost Made It", e che si staglia perfettamente a metà tra gli sperimentalismi elettronici di Byrne e le soundtrack di Gabriel.
"Nuclear daydream" porta con se tutte queste esperienze, distribuite in 12 canzoni, semplici, affascinanti ed oscure, svestite, quasi scheletriche per mostrare tutto il loro nudo incanto, avvolgendole di spiritualismo e psichedelia.
Tutte le canzoni sono molto orecchiabili, e la loro struttura è semplice, ma grazie ai preziosi arrangiamenti di Arthur riescono a sorprendere e ad evolversi ascolto dopo ascolto, come nel caso dell'iniziale "Too Much To Hide" e nella bellissima e tenebrosa "Black Lexus". "Enough To Get Away" porta ancora i segni della collaborazione con Greg Connors ed è una lucida e spiazzante canzone sul sogno americano. "Slide Away" è qualcosa tra Prince e Bowie, solo un poco più acida.
"You Are Free" è una ballata di pop psichedelico sopraffina, così come "Woman" e lo spiritual lisergico di "Don't Tell Your Eyes". "Automatic Situation" ricorda molto da vicino gli episodi più elettronici di "Our Shadow Will Remain". Menzione speciale per "Eletrical Storm" e "Don't Give Up On People", due song mutanti e radioattive, ipnotiche nel loro incedere, fotografie sfocate di qualcosa che non esiste più, profondamente belle e tristi nello stesso tempo.
"When I Was Running Out Of Time" sembra uscita fuori da 'Hunky Dory', genuinamente bella sostenuta da un grande testo e dalla formidabile voce di Arthur. Chiude la title track, una ballata dylaniana, una canzone che è un confine. È qualcosa che finisce, è un emozione intensa, che quando finisce ti lascia svuotato, è una bomba atomica dell'anima, è una allucinazione nucleare.
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02 Black Lexus (03:14)
Your black Lexus has
Two hundred thousand miles
Underneath the missing roads
You don't know where you're going
Almost anytime
Things lost just lighten up your load
Maybe you're headin' out
To LA
See if they'll put you in a show
First you'll check with the stars
Read both your sign and mine
In the back of the New York Post
You can't find her
You can't find her
In the mirror everything's reversed
And you can't find her
You can't find her
Everyday you feel a little curse
Now your car's been towed
You misread the sign
Something left to do
Must have slipped your mind
Got no money left
Guess you'll stick around
And anyway the stars
Said not to go right now
But you can't find her
You can't find her
In the mirror everything's reversed
And you can't find her
You can't find her
Everyday you look a little worse
You can't find her
You can't find her
In the mirror everything's reversed
You can't find her
You can't find her
Everyday you feel a little curse
You can't find her
You can't find her
In the mirror everything's reversed
You can't find her
You can't find her
Everyday you feel a little curse
05 Electrical Storm (04:50)
How do you live cold
Before you're young
You're so old
You're born and then you die
You're born and then you die
And you are born
Past the city and the thieves
Past the wolverines and trees
Until the sunrise
In the electrical storm
Last night with you
When we turned blue
I saw right through
When we turned blue
I can see you now
You are me
Anyhow
You're born and then you die
You're born and then you die
And you are born
Past the city and the thieves
Past the wolverines and trees
Until the sunrise
In the electrical storm
In the sunrise
In the sunrise
And we are born
In the electrical storm
In the sunrise
In the sunrise
And we are born
In the electrical storm
Last night with you
When we turned blue
Were you untrue
When we turned blue
When we turned blue
06 You Are Free (04:15)
Time is moving on
You and me
You and me
Suffering is gone
You are free
You are free
I know I let you down
Those days are over now
I'm no longer who I was
No longer who I thought I was
I'm no longer who I was
No longer who I thought I was
I'm no longer who I was
No longer who I thought I was
I'm no longer who I was
No longer who I thought I was
Time is moving on
You and me
You and me
Suffering is gone
You are free
You are free
I know I let you down
Those days are over now
I'm no longer who I was
No longer who you thought I was
I'm no longer who I was
No longer who I thought I was
I'm no longer who I was
No longer who I thought I was
I'm no longer who I was
No longer who you thought I was
I'm no longer who I was
No longer who I thought I was
I'm no longer who I was
No longer who I thought I was
I'm no longer who I was
No longer who you thought I was
I'm no longer who I was
No longer who I thought I was
I'm not afraid of nothing
I'm not afraid of anyone
I'm not afraid of losing myself
There ain't no self to lose
I'm not afraid of losing myself
There ain't no self to lose
I'm not afraid of losing myself
There ain't no self to lose
I'm not afraid
Time is moving on
You and me
You and me
Suffering is done
Let it be
Let it be
When you feel you're strong
You are free
You are free
08 When I Was Running Out of Time (03:01)
When I was running out of time
I turned it into a dream
And you went drifting into my mind
Things ain't the way that they seem
I turn you into a dream
And make it all go away
You know your hair looks different when you wear it that way
You've got a painted face and a body made of clay
You are my super star
They will fill you with big ideas
They'll hang your heart in the sky
I know you want to save the world
How long have you been that high
How long have you been that high
And did you make it all go away
You know your eyes look different when you look the other way
You've got a cheating heart bleeding emeralds everyday
You are a shooting star
Things ain't the same as when we was young
They hung us from shooting stars
Let's tell the world we're doing fine
I know how lucky we are
I know how lucky we are
To make it all go away
You know this world is topsy-turvy in days like today
We got a million souls looking for a place to stay
Each one a shooting star
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