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Somewhere In The City (CD)

By: Tobias Fröberg (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Somewhere In The City (CD) Album By Tobias Fröberg (Artist)
1   When The Night Turns Cold
2   Love And Misery - (with Ane Brun)
3   God's Highway
4   For Elisabeth Wherever You Are - (with Teitur)
5   Features Of A Human Face, The
6   Somewhere In The City
7   What A Day
8   Oh My Love (Here She Comes Again)
9   Someone
10   Thank You
11   Forever Is Just A Word In A Lovesong
 

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Uncut (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "There aren't many better ways to open an album than with the exuberant rush of 'When The Night Turns Cold'."

Title Note

Audio Mixer: Linus Larsson.

Photographer: Petter Ringbom.

Unknown Contributor Role: Tobias Fr”berg.

Arrangers: Tobias Fr”berg; Linus Larsson.

In a set of explanatory notes published on his website and intended to place his songs into perspective, Swedish singer/songwriter Tobias Fr”berg often makes a point of stressing the casualness of his writing and recording process. One song, he says, was recorded in the open air on a hot July day, the birds chirping above. Another was recorded on his sofa. Yet another was penned after consuming a couple of bottles of wine and still another in a guitar store. Yet despite the presumably easygoing approach to its creation, and its general minimalism, Somewhere in the City feels neither informal nor tossed off. While simplicity is its hallmark, there are also moments of deceptive complexity: layers of lush choral vocal harmonies, bold instrumental statements, words that require considerable thought. Fr”berg's gentle alternative folk-pop has been compared to the likes of Paul Simon and Nick Drake (the former is evident, the latter hardly), and contemporary benchmarks might include Devendra Banhart, Damien Rice, and Bright Eyes. But there's no real reason to play spot the influence here: Fr”berg is an original and Somewhere in the City, the artist's second album, is a delicious trifle. Nearly every instrument is played by Fr”berg and his co-producer, Linus Larsson, and although a few guests are brought on board (Norway's Ane Brun sings a duet with Fr”berg on "Love and Misery"), this is clearly not a group effort. Fr”berg's skillful acoustic guitar work (again, as on "God's Highway," reminiscent of Simon's, particularly his early folk style) is smartly placed up front throughout most of the recording, miked closely and used wisely to set the pensive, sometimes melancholy mood. And that's where Fr”berg feels most comfortable: in quiet reflection. When the album does, on occasion, raise its volume and venture toward rock, it feels lost, the lone exception being "When the Night Turns Cold," the opening, bongo-driven pop gem that, for some inexplicable reason, was used in a European ad for Panasonic cameras. ~ Jeff Tamarkin

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