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Elly Roberts reviews
Dekkor Records
- Cat.no: DRCD014
- Released: May 2006
- Rating: 2/10
If Terri Walker seriously wants to get her career back on track, shell need to do better than this.
A few short years ago Walker was rated as the nextbig thing – a very dangerous prediction. Once nominated for Mercury and MOBOprizes, the Brit-Soul singer gets her new wares out on an independentLondon label, having parted company with Universal.
If this is neuvo soul21st century style, it lacks the principle ingredient SOUL. This is morelike wine bar window-dressing for a 26 year-old who has a naturally sweetvoice, but the manufactured nature of the songs let her down: big style. Itlacks inspiration, conviction and direction at every level.
Low-fi smoochies Forever And A Day, soulless R&B Addicted, (compounded by TYsnon-sensical wanderings) make it dull to the point of distraction. Evenintro-single Alright With Me does nothing to lure you into the biggerpicture. There isnt a really good song in sight, which according to hercredentials, is a big shame. Possible highlight is a pseudo-attempt atjazz, on the 6 minutes plus of Imperative.
Shes quoted as saying, “I was working with everybody (Shanks & Bigfoot,Young Disciples, Brand New Heavies) and I had a lot of attention, and peopleknew I could sing, but nobody knew what I was about.. I didnt even know. Ijust knew I could sing and that was what I wanted to do.. there was such awide range of people and influences in my head; I knew I just wanted to dosomething”.
Its not so much something: more like anything.
Weblink:Terri Walker.com
The full list of tracks included are :
1. I Am
2. No Matter Whatever
3. Addicted
4. Forever And A Day
5. Alright With Me
6. The Truth
7. I Dont Care
8. Side By Side
9. Outta My System
10. Imperative
Elly Roberts passed away in 2011, but he was a man who was so passionate about all types of music and loved meeting his musical heroes, such as Mick Hucknall at a book signing at the Trafford Centre, Manchester in 2007.
A former teacher and also a music journalist, DJ and radio presenter on local community station Calon FM, plus appearances on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio 2, Elly started doing reviews for DVDfever.co.uk in 2004 and he did the majority of the CD and concerts reviews on the website.
I know also that he loved getting away for the summer to Spain and I hope that wherever he is now he is enjoying the hot sunshine and, as one of his friends has said on his Facebook page, that he is interviewing his musical heroes.