Drawn From Memory - Embrace

Embrace have this trick that makes you sit up and listen but prolonged exposure often leads to boredom. Well, gasp horror, here's an Embrace album that has enough going for it to make it solid company for three quarters of an hour. The McNamara brothers, Danny and Richard, certainly have the occasional knack for coining technicolor beauties. They showed us this with their wonderful debut, the Fireworks EP. While the subsequent long player 'The Good Will Out' never stood a chance of repeating the magic it had moments that still added a glaze to ones eyes. 'Drawn From Memory', the follow up, would be the true test of their worth. ...

This is possibly one of the best CDs I have in my collection, and my collection is by no means small. The first album was good, but everything that was not perfect in the first album has been finely tuned to produce an outstanding album. If you likeIndies music, or simply just good music, then buy this album. My personal favourite is the single, Hooligan, but there are no bad songs on the album!!!! So buy it!!! ...

The Good Will out was magic, and this is just as good. It has got a great variety with everything from ballads to stormers and everything in between. Danny McNarmara has such a great voice and I don't think much bands can manage ballads better. Track by Track: 1 The Love it Takes ***** Starts slow but builds to a raging and magic climax with an unbelievably excellent guitar solo. One of standout tracks. 2 You're Not Alone **** Deserved to be a massive hit. Anthemic chorus that basically sumarised how good Embrace are. 3 Save Me **** All that can be said is that it's another classic Embrace song. 4 Drawn from Memory **** ...