Artist: Danny And The Champions Of The World Album: Stay True Bitrate: 238kbps avg Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz Label: Loose Music Genre: Rock Size: 78.22 megs PlayTime: 0h 43min 36sec total Rip Date: 2013-09-06 Store Date: 2013-09-16 Track List: -------- 01. (Never Stop Building) That Old 3:50 Space Rocket 02. Cold Cold World 4:01 03. Stop Thief! 3:30 04. Darlin' Won't You Come In From 3:46 The Cold 05. Other Days 4:58 06. Breaking Out 5:12 07. Stay True 3:01 08. Been There Before 3:08 09. Talkin' About The Weather 4:06 10. Let's Grab This With Both Hands 4:08 11. Time Again 3:56 Release Notes: -------- Danny George Wilson is it appears an Americana visionary who has been ahead of his time for much of his career leaving others to catch up and in some cases cash in on the later success of the sub genre that he strayed into and then out of again. However with ôStay Trueö Danny and his wonderful band have fused blues, country and even gospel to provide a truly magnificent album. This fourth album from the band could easily be a major label release from a band from the USA with echoes of Southside Johnny, early Eagles, Steve Forbert, The Band et al rather than a London based outfit. There is no criticism in that comment however, but rather one huge endorsement of the authenticity of the band. The songwriting is top drawer, apart possibly from the opening line from the title song ôStay Trueö û ôIÆm not the best you could have gotten, some of my teeth are nearly rottenö is unfortunate but this is a minor gripe and easily overlooked. All tracks give the feel of being beautifully crafted with top quality musicianship, production and mixing all of which will seem like old friends after the second or third listen. The freshness of the music no doubt has much to do with the fact that the album was recorded over just five days at the Reservoir Studios in North London. The joyous opening track ô(Never Stop Building) That Old Space Rocketö is a paen to following your dreams with reference to an apparently true story of Danny and his father hitch hiking their way to a Fabulous Thunderbirds gig. ôStop Thiefö echoes Southside Johnny at his bluesy best but has the added twist of an accompanying steel guitar and ôBreaking Outö moves along with gentle banjo accompaniment. It would be easy to enthuse about all tracks individually but it is no exaggeration to say that all of them are fantastic with not one falling below the very highest standard. The best recommendation that can be given here is to buy the album, sit back with a glass of your favourite beverage and let the majestic sounds envelop you.