Lamb - Lamb

An album that i'm familiar with from years gone past, but downloaded with some trepidation as i know it contains one of my favourite songs of the past and that the rest of the album surely could not live up to that. Gorecki is one of those songs that calls up good memories and reminds you of a time in your past that inspired you, it may have been a time of trouble, or confusion but there was also a feeling of hope or change in the air, and at the time this song epitomised that feeling. It's hard to say why, it's a simple tune, a simple lyric, perhaps even cliched and way too grown up for the young voice of singer lou rhodes. But it was a stand out of its time and a stand out on this album. It's a familiar trip-hop formula, live and electronic beats, mashed up, with samples and tape loops, creating a backbeat to which a vocal track and simple melody are added. The only other tracks of note are the opener Lusty and the Portishead inspired Transfattyacid the rest just kill time until Gorecki comes and blows you away.