 |  | Underrated and overlooked |  |
I was very surprised at the quality of the music on this cd. The quality of the sound is terrible because it isn't remastered, but I knew that when I ordered it. It turned out to be one of the best albums that I've listened to from this group.
1 Temperamental
2 Amplified Heart
3 The Language of Love
4 Walking Wounded
There are too many standouts to list and the whole album is enjoyable from start to finish. I can only hope that EBTG's back catalog gets remastered at some point to be able to appreciate all the nuances in the music. A must for adult contemporary/jazz fusion enthusiasts.
October 2, 2008I first heard "Driving", or rather, saw it on VH-1 back when they used to show music videos, and was enthralled. Bought the cassingle and kind of forgot about it until "Missing" came out. I bought "Language of Life" on the tail end of a more bitter than sweet relationship and found it to be the perfect balm.
I won't go into all the songs; just say that this is a very good album, even if a bit "of the era" as far as production goes.
A worthy addition to your collection!
May 25, 2006| | | A release that expresses many languages of life. | |
"The Language of Life" is a major candidate alongside "Worldwide" as my favorite pre-Missing ETBG album of all time but it's follow-up Worldwide may be it's main competitor for that title. Whatever the case is, the sixth release by this Thorn/Watt duo is a very inspiring release that finds the two delving into much more jazz-themed styles and includes guest appearances by several jazz legends such as Joe Sample, Michael Brecker and even Stan Getz who sadly passed away too long afterwards. My favorites are "Driving" with it's now famous "ha ha ha" voice effect that opens the track and echoes throughout it's length, "Get Back To You" with it's slightly faster rhythm and excellent rhythm. Tracey Thorn's vocals are incredible on this track. "Meet Me In The Morning" with it's beautiful soulful melody and with Tracey's autumn-like vocals, and "Me and Bobby D" with it's beautiful sound and sax playing. The album kind of drifts off afterwards with the remaining songs not standing out like the first four but that doesn't warrant this falling into the category of second half slump like many albums by many artists do. "Imagining America" is another standout track from the second half of this album. While "Missing" is a great song both in it's original and Todd Terry remix, that great song should not be allowed to overshadow the great body of works that ETBG have done from before or since all the way up to "Temperamental", their last album to date. But "The Language of Life" should be high up on the list of albums to buy and buy it new!
March 11, 2006This record is arguably the 1990's equivilent of Sinatra. If you want to set a romantic mood, while having musical credibility this one is it. Smooth Jazz, courtesy of Tommy Lipuma and some great session players. Kinda has that LA gloss, but the songs are exceptional.
The disc opens with Driving, a great road song. The Language of Life is the story of far too many of us, people who are so competent except in the language of how to live. My personal favorite is The Road, a moody, saxophone driven song that ends the record. It allows you to slide out into the ethereal regions and not realize the disc is over.
Another desert island record
February 18, 2006| | | A Truly Beautiful Work!!! | |
When I first decided to explore the works of Everything But The Girl, I was looking for an artist that compared to Swing Out Sister. I was not disappointed with this CD. The songs that I love in particular are "Driving",and especially the title song, "Language of Life." However, the whole CD is so very beautiful and it is truly comparable to all of the Swing Out Sister works that I so adore. I recommend this artist and in particular this CD very Highly.
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