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very romantic, lots of empty spaces.
love his voice too.

Dad always raved about em. Tried em again about 3 years ago and suddenly just 'got it'. Special indeed.

Absolutely horrendously ignored by modern audiences.

Hats is the most beautiful album ever recorded. It really is astonishing how something can be so sparse and so rich at the same time.

Fell in love with them instantly.

Thanks.

if thats what you're doing

...both are excellent places to start.

So long as no-one dives in at Peace at Last first they should be fine.

I try to get ahead...

theres a red caaaaaaaaar in the fountaaaain

...and for some reason didn't get around to listening to it. Will remedy now.

In the right mood (travelling home on a late night train on a dark miserable evening for instance) there is no substitute

Someone asked if it was Sting.

but Keane did a not too shabby cover of The Downtown Lights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRkgVpVrv8M

There's no such thing as Paul Buchanan's voice

Hats has been my favourite album ever since the day I first heard it on a bus ride from Bristol. Both albums are more or less perfect.

I've heard it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfZFaP3nNsc

lovely track. it'd be a centrepiece of an album for most bands, yet didn't even make the cut of an album for the blue nile

you can hear the influence of that track on bedshapped actually.

I loved Paul Buchanan's solo album this year.

(Downtown Lights in 1989) I thought they were pure cheese. Then I listened to the song again. And again. And an hour later I realised I'd listened to the same song about 10 times in a row & was totally in love with it.

Crikey, this is brilliant.

Heatwave.

Cheers

not even top 5.

COME AT ME!

is a contender for most perfect album ever. Rooftops also essential.

they sound great. And the 2nd disc has some tracks i've never heard. Definitely worth picking up. Two of my favorite albums ever. High is really good too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/xdj9

JFC even the TITLE gives the goosebumps.