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- Date Released: September 13, 2009
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Label: Last Suppa / PIAS Digital
A Buckley-esque new singer-songwriter lands on American shores from Norway
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Is this Norwegian singer-songwriter pre-empting an inevitable observation? "From Grace," the opening song on Dybdahl's debut, is a beautiful ballad, spectral guitar and fluting, fluttering vocals layered over skittering, brushed drums. From top to bottom and start to finish it sounds like Jeff Buckley. Or, more specifically, "From Grace" sounds like it's from Grace, the ill-fated American's only studio album. Respect to Dybdahl for bullishly grasping the nettle.
Dybdahl is a big star at home and in Denmark, filling 7,000-capacity venues. Serving as his introduction to non-Scandinavian audiences, this self-titled set is comprised of tracks drawn from his four studio albums. The twanging "B A Part," originally the closing track on 2006's Science, is a stand-out, Dybdahl setting his voice at a lower register to harmonise huskily with Silje Salomonsen — imagine Ryan Adams hooking up (not in that way) with Scarlett Johansson.
Less successful are "All's Not Lost" (his voice is too histrionic) and "That Great October Sound" (nice strings, shame about the melody, or lack thereof). But they're more than compensated for by the likes of "Dice" (another emotive duet with Salomonsen) and the Nick Drake shimmer of "Adelaide." Top marks too, for the title of the bluesy "I Need Love Baby, Love, Not Trouble" — a nice bit of wordplay that suggests Dybdahl knew exactly what he was doing in choosing the instantly-endearing "From Grace" to open this sparkling album.
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| 01. |  |
From Grace |
4:11 |
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| 02. | |
A Love Story |
3:08 |
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| 03. | |
B A Part |
3:26 |
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| 04. | |
All's Not Lost |
5:59 |
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| 05. | |
Dice |
1:53 |
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| 06. | |
Cecilia |
3:45 |
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| 07. | |
That Great October Sound |
4:43 |
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| 08. | |
Something Real |
3:58 |
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| 09. | |
I Need Love Baby, Love, Not Trouble |
3:52 |
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| 10. | |
Adelaide |
3:22 |
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| 11. | |
One Day You'll Dance For Me, New York City |
4:57 |
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| 12. | |
Rise In Shame |
6:25 |
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12 Total Tracks, 49:39 Total Length
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