Whiplash

by James

Overview

Working with ambient-rock demigod Brian Eno can have an effect on a dearly innovative British studio team, as it has on James with two previous ear-boggling efforts, both with Father Eno at the helm. Whiplash, James' seventh album in several busy but broken years, still resounds with ambient Eno aesthetics, where even signature silences mark time in terms of sound. Old hand at synthetic pop and psonicadelia, Stephen Hague keeps the Eno wave alive with spacy zen minutes on the synth in "Watering Hole," as well as strange house dance gyrations on "Greenpeace," a happy, creaky piece. It's argued that Tim Booth sounds too much like Al Stewart but 1) Al Stewart sounds great, so? and, 2) no he doesn't really, but the energy-factor point is well taken. "Tomorrow" would be a great song sung by, say, Eddie Vedder or James Brown, but great vocal energy is a curious element to blend here among these complex quicksilver musicsmiths. One of the better vocally-driven tunes is probably the sardonic, techno-silly "Go to the Bank," which winds up being the weirdest cut on another adventurous outing for James. ~ Becky Byrkit

Product Details

Release Date:	12/22/2017
Label:	Virgin Emi
UPC:	0602557129137
Rank:	95752

Album Credits

Performance Credits

James   Primary Artist
Brian Eno   Guest Artist,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Stephen Hague   Vocals (Background),Keyboards
Audrey Riley   Strings
Andy Duncan   Percussion

Technical Credits

James   Composer
Larry Gott   Composer,Assistant Engineer
Dave Green   Assistant Engineer
Saul Davies   Composer,Assistant Engineer,String Arrangements
Mark Hunter   Composer,Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Jim Glennie   Composer,Assistant Engineer
Richard Norris   Engineer
Brian Eno   Composer
Stephen Hague   Mixing,Producer
Sam Hardaker   Engineer
Mike Drake   Mixing
Tim Booth   Composer,Assistant Engineer
Ian Cooper   Mastering
David Baynton-Power   Composer,Engineer,Assistant Engineer,Associate Producer
Steve Williams   Engineer
Alex Laipeneiks   Assistant Engineer
Adrian Oxaal   Assistant Engineer
James Brown   Engineer
James Lawrence Gott   Composer
James Patrick Glennie   Composer
Timothy Booth   Composer