Amy Macdonald - Life In A Beautiful Light
Artist: Amy Macdonald
Album: Life In A Beautiful Light
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Rating: 4/5
Amy Macdonald has enjoyed huge success with her first two albums This Is The Life and A Curious Thing and now she is back with her new record Life In a beautiful Light.
The likes of Adele and Amy Winehouse may have been grabbing all of the headlines in the last couple of years but now the Scottish singer/songwriter is back with her best album next.
4th July is the opening track on this album and her very distinctive vocal rings out in this incredibly catchy song.
Macdonald had always been able to pen a great chorus and with 4th July she has done it again with the track as the energy really kicks in with this powerful chorus.
There is a change of pace with Pride as there is a real folky edge to this track - but I really did like the electric guitar chords at the beginning of the track as this works really well.
Once again the energy does come from the chorus but she really is on form vocally and I feel that her vocal seems to have gotten richer for this record.
Slow It Down was the first single to be released from this album and there is a more indie sound to this track.
It’s a great vocal performance once again from Macdonald there is a real strength in her voice on this track and that is supported by some great melodies as well as some soaring dynamics within the track.
Macdonald burst onto the screen with a folky rock sound back in 2007 and she really has begun to move away from that sound and try new things with her music.
There are folk and rock elements to this record as well as pop and indie and it great to see her take on new sounds and genres.
But she regularly returns to the vocal and guitar driven tracks where she made her name and The Furthest Star is a perfect example as her voice and the instrumentation on the track are just the most perfect blend - this really is one of the best songs on the album.
Her song-writing is also incredibly subtle as she tells a story and sings about feelings, love and loss with lyrics that really do pull on the hear-strings.
And no track demonstrates that more than hidden track Two Worlds which is just a stunning acoustic track that is packed with emotion.
Life In A Beautiful Light is an album that shows further development for Macdonald as she experiments with her sound but without forgetting what has worked for her in the past.
This album is a collection of tracks that have been crafted with so much care and it is an album for which she should receiver recognition and praise.
Amy Macdonald - Life In A Beautiful Light is out now
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