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- Date Released: January 1, 2002
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Pop
- Label: Naive / IODA
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California continues to be the fountain of something for a lot of people. Whether it be youth, riches, stardom, or happiness; California is something that only dreamers know about. Perry Blake is one of those slumberers, and his third album is named after the place of hope and fantasy. He and Italian producer Marco Sabiu arrive at a classy, smooth set of songs for Blake's most realized style and sound yet. California finds Blake at ease with himself as a singer and as a songwriter; the "freeness" of each song is impressionable, as Blake surrounds himself in his own modern pop world. Blake allows his own genre-blending sound to fully take shape without too much production. He and Sabiu have redefined conventional pop music to suit themselves, carefully crafting an album suited for those sophisti-pop fans, with songs like "Saying Goodbye," and "This Life" highlighting Blake's fresh confidence. His wavering falsetto has matured on songs such as "The Road to Hollywood" and "A Face in the Crowd," while also hinting at California's wildly imaginative set of songs. Blake has made a solid pop album, and it's fit to fight off other pop crooners like Ronan Keating and Robbie Williams, but it's manicured and suited for an adult contemporary audience, as well.
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This Life |
4:34 |
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| 02. | |
California |
4:52 |
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| 03. | |
Pretty Love Songs |
4:50 |
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| 04. | |
Saying Goodbye |
5:27 |
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The road to Hollywood |
3:44 |
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| 06. | |
How can the knower be known? |
3:08 |
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| 07. | |
Ordinary Day |
4:50 |
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| 08. | |
Face In The Crowd |
5:16 |
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| 09. | |
Morning Song |
4:03 |
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| 10. | |
Venus Of The Canyon |
6:14 |
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10 Total Tracks, 46:58 Total Length
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Credits
- Glenn Garrett - Guitar (Acoustic) // Glenn Garrett - Bass // Lucy Wilkins - Strings // Neil Conti - Percussion // Neil Conti - Drums // Jonathan Meyer - Strings // Sara Wilson - Strings // Ken Rice - Violin // Ray Staff - Mastering // Oliver Kraus - Strings // Ben Blakeman - Guitar (Acoustic) // Ben Blakeman - Guitar (Electric) // Howard Gott - Strings // Dickon Hinchliffe - Strings // Dickon Hinchliffe - Conductor // Dickon Hinchliffe - Director // Dickon Hinchliffe - Copyist // Rob Spriggs - Strings // Perry Blake - Keyboards // Perry Blake - Vocals // Perry Blake - Vocals (Background) // Perry Blake - Choir, Chorus // Perry Blake - Producer // Perry Blake - Brass Arrangement // Andy Nice - Strings // Mister Big Jo Francken - Engineer // Mister Big Jo Francken - Mixing // Catherine Browning - Strings // Marco Sabiu - Piano // Marco Sabiu - Strings // Marco Sabiu - Arranger // Marco Sabiu - Conductor // Marco Sabiu - Keyboards // Marco Sabiu - Programming // Marco Sabiu - Choir, Chorus // Marco Sabiu - Producer // Marco Sabiu - String Arrangements // Marco Sabiu - Assistant // Marco Sabiu - Brass Arrangement // Rik Carter - Piano // Rik Carter - Organ (Hammond) // Rik Carter - Fender Rhodes // Ruth Gottlieb - Strings // Natalia Bonner - Strings // Enrico Farnedi - Trumpet // Enrico Farnedi - Cornet // Enrico Farnedi - Flugelhorn // Vincent Greene - Strings // Christopher Koh - Strings // Marie Audigier - A&R // Quentin Boniface - Assistant // Kela Canka - Strings // Julien Deboue - Strings // Sharon Eusebe - Vocals (Background) // Velia Evis - Strings // Stéphane Gallois - Photography // Stéphane Gallois - Sleeve Photo // Caroline Hubeau - Strings // Hila Mondi - Strings // Graham Murphy - Piano // Graham Murphy - Arranger // Graham Murphy - Keyboards // Graham Murphy - Programming // Graham Murphy - Assistant // Gjeci Red - Strings // Raf Roesmens - Assistant // Sandro Scala - Mixing // Ariana Siani - Strings // Sophie Sirota - Strings // Tom Slegers - Engineer // Tom Slegers - Mixing // Dirk Sykora - Assistant // Emmanuel Tondus - Strings // Noel Vine - Strings
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