Lives Outgrown (LP)
Beth Gibbons
Amoeba Review
Wow. Expectations for a Beth Gibbons solo album were always going to be high and the great news is that Lives Outgrown delivers. The Portishead singer's voice has exceptional power, the arrangements are layered, haunting, and affecting, the songs will take your heart in your hands just as Gibbons' earlier work did. These ten chamber pop and art folk tracks were recorded over a decade, with production from Gibbons herself with James Ford, plus additional production by Lee Harris (Talk Talk). Lives Outgrown captures something about the experience of aging, mortality, and farewells that's difficult to articulate in words. Of course Beth Gibbons does it with devastating beauty and a sparse but lovingly-held sense of light.
Track Listing
Side A Titles |
Artist |
Length |
---|---|---|
1.
Tell Me Who You Are Today
|
Beth Gibbons | 03:55 |
2.
Floating On A Moment
|
Beth Gibbons | 05:26 |
3.
Burden Of Life
|
Beth Gibbons | 03:35 |
4.
Lost Changes
|
Beth Gibbons | 05:41 |
5.
Rewind
|
Beth Gibbons | 04:47 |
Side B Titles |
Artist |
Length |
---|---|---|
1.
Reaching Out
|
Beth Gibbons | 04:15 |
2.
Oceans
|
Beth Gibbons | 03:43 |
3.
For Sale
|
Beth Gibbons | 04:25 |
4.
Beyond The Sun
|
Beth Gibbons | 03:54 |
5.
Whispering Love
|
Beth Gibbons | 06:10 |