This is the new album from Nick. I have to tell you it is brilliant. It is a live album recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2003. This is the festival where he won the Angel Award for Excellence in Live Music (hence the title – Hark!).
I’ve always wanted to have a brilliantly recorded live album to go with his previous live double album (Double Life). It is so much better than the many bootlegs knocking about.
The quality is superb. The performances are first rate and the set list is mouth-watering. You can certainly see why he won the award. Nobody else could have come close to this.
This was brilliant for me as I love his repertoire from that time. This was a quality period of superb songs. These are all his own songs with a great range and dynamic. There are the beautiful lilting melodies of There is Magic in this World complete with its delicate guitar work. Then there are the upbeat numbers such as Aeroplane and Smithereens. The balance is wonderful, playing flawless and dynamic superb. You could not ask for more.
This is the Track Listing:
There Is Magic In This World
Radio Silence
Tyger
Instrumental
Lily’s Song
Like Punk Never Happened
Vampire Song
Aeroplane
Before They Put Me In the Ground
The Wanderer And His Shadow
Smithereens
Love Is Music/Headless
He is playing at the Edinburgh Fringe right now. Get out and see him and buy this wonderful album – It’s great!