Watch Me Fall

Description

Watch Me Fall is the solo debut album by the American singer and songwriter Kevin Clay of My Little Dog China fame, released on Alarma Records in ‎1996, a division of Graceland Entertainment, distributed in the US by Benson Music Distribution. The album was produced and mixed by Michael Knott.

Take a tablespoon of REM, mix in a splash of U2, a pinch of Radiohead and a bit of Eeels and you’ve got a recipe for an extremely attention-grabbing album. Basically. Kevin Clay is the latest of the serous songwriting American alternative rockers to hit these shores. You can tell this not simply by the music style but by the way Mr Clay poses artfully on the inside cover! Produced by the hugely talented Mike Knott, Clay’s solo debut (he used to front My Little Dog China) isn’t your nicey nicey Christian fare. T-Bone Burnett famously suggested that Christian artists could either sing about the light or what they could see from the light. This firmly falls into the second category and demands a number of listens to begin unravelling Clay’s lyrical concerns. There are brilliant moments, the violin playing on «Adam» adds atmosphere whilst elsewhere the acoustic and electric guitar attack works as a backdrop to Clay’s punchy lyrical offensives. The ministries of Copeland and Hagin are challenged in one song whilst others carry titles like «Super Sucker Salvation» and «Date Rape». Clay makes more observations and asks more questions than he gives answers. The world we must remember is not a pleasant place and if you agree that the Church has to grow up. Get its head out of the sand and not contribute sugary simplistic answers, then you’ll relate to this fine alternative rock album. [Mike Rimmer, Cross Rhythms, August 1997]

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CD tracklist:

01. Don’t Tell Jude
02. Super Sucker Salvation
03. Squeaky Clean
04. Kiss And Tell
05. Copelandhagin
06. Still Human
07. Adam
08. Date Rape
09. Spacey Stacey
10. Shotdown
11. Seed
12. Rose Of Sharon
13. Watch Me Fall
14. Come To Thee

Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by Alarma Records.

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