White Ladder - David Gray

Like many other people, when I recently heard 'Babylon' playing on the radio, I couldn't keep the tune out of my head. With the album as a whole heartily recommended by Jo Whiley, I thought it was worth splashing out and buying it with my hard-earned Amazon.co.uk, courtesy of Dooyoo! On first listening, the album does show signs of being released two years ago in the sense that there is quite a bit of potentially cheesy synthesizer work present, characteristic of 1998. However, on a second hearing the true beauty of David Gray's voice, music and lyrics becomes fully apparent. His voice is somewhat mature, yet possesses a spontaneous ...  Read the complete review

White Ladder by David Gray is an excellent album and in my opinion is one of his best. I orginally bought this for £10 from HMV but it is available from Amazon for just over £6. The album was released in 1999 and it has 10 superbly produced tracks. This album contains five very good and popular singles which include the great "Babylon", "Please forgive me", "This years love", "Say hello and say goodbye" and "Sail away. This makes up half of the album and the general genre for the album is rock although at times it is softer and more gentle. "Babylon" really is a fantatsic very inspirational ...  Read the complete review

Released in 1999, White Ladder was David Gray's breakthrough effort and finally allowed him the mainstream success he had so eagerly been chasing for years. While he had actually released his debut album in 1993, he was yet to come to the attention of the general public. Sure, he had an active fan base, and those who had listened to Gray had applauded him on his emotive vocals and talented song writing, but he was still unknown to the majority of people. After a long two years, White Ladder eventually made it to the number 1 spot in August 2001. What sets Gray apart from similar singer-songwriters is that he employs the use of electronic equipment and ...  Read the complete review

David Gray - White Ladder 1998. Final purge on the old CD's now before they go to boot sale heaven, or MusicMagpie.co.uk. So we have David Gray, also to come are reviews for; Moloko, Brand New Heavies, Ian Dury, Donna Lewis, to name but a few. When transferring to iTunes I have pretty much left the 'not listened too much' ones until the end, mainly as they are not so good (with a few exceptions such as Ian Dury), but also because they were in a box under the spare bed and I had forgotten them. I digress. I remember buying this Cd as I had heard one of the singles on the radio and he reminded me a bit of Bob Dylan (just as ...  Read the complete review

With his familiar head-nodding during live performances, David Gray is becoming more familiar, not least for his ‘sheep-style’ voice, which, in my opinion, is one of the most distinctive in recent years. White ladder starts with the familiar ‘Please Forgive Me’, which, being a very easy going, yet uplifting tune eases you into the album itself The more familiar ‘Babylon’ follows, which follows the trend of the previous track, both feeling very chilled, whilst his distinctive voice continues to lift the mood. The album ten moves into the more obscure tracks, which, although relatively unknown, more than live up to the ...  Read the complete review