Between Me and the Wardrobe is the third album by British singer-songwriter Gwyneth Herbert and her first album to consist entirely of her own songs.[3] It was released in 2006 on Herbert's own Monkeywood Records label and reissued in 2007 by Blue Note Records. A review in The Observer gave the album a five-star rating.
After she left Universal Classics and Jazz to pursue a less commercial and more personal musical direction,[4][5][6] Herbert collaborated with Polar Bear's Seb Rochford in a production role for this album.[3] Self-financed by Herbert, it was recorded in three days and was never intended for general release.[7] It was initially released, in 2006, on Herbert's own Monkeywood label before being picked up by Blue Note Records, making Herbert their first UK signing in 30 years.[8]
Receptionedit
In a five-starred review for The Observer, Stuart Nicholson said that on Between Me and the Wardrobe Herbert "lets the lyrics do the work for her. They are well thought out, moving between artfully constructed soft-focus simplicities to poignant yearning".[2]
Colin Buttimer, writing for BBC Music, said: "stories are very much to the fore, in fact many of these songs are compacted narrative jewels... The music is oak-like, rich and weathered... Seb Rochford, best known as the strikingly hirsute drummer for Polar Bear, Fulborn Taversham and Acoustic Ladyland, is responsible for a production that’s stripped-down, but full of unexpected and highly rewarding details".[3]
John Fordham, in a review for The Guardian, said: "Herbert's originals (all the pieces are hers) connect more with Janis Ian or Rufus Wainwright than the standards the subtly intelligent Herbert at first seemed destined for. Jazzers might be foxed by Blue Note's endorsement of this low-key, folk-inflected and very personal vision, but... the lyrics gleam with individuality... and though the tunes could have used a few more twists and turns, it confirms that Herbert is light years from the whisper-in-your-ear Krall clone some dismissed her as".[9]
^Perry, Andrew (8 December 2007). "Gwyneth Herbert: The one that got away". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
^Grundy, Rebecca (Spring 2008). "So what exactly lies between Gwyneth Herbert and her wardrobe?". Durham First. Durham University (24). Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^Fordham, John (14 September 2007). "Gwyneth Herbert, Between Me and the Wardrobe". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
External linksedit
Gwyneth Herbert: official website
October 27, 2023
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