Lewis - L'Amour (1983) [Remastered 2014]
BAND/ARTIST: Lewis
- Title: L'Amour
- Year Of Release: 1983/2014
- Label: Light in the Attic Records [LITA 117]
- Genre: Folk Rock, Ethereal, Ambient
- Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log)
- Total Time: 37:06
- Total Size: 85 mb / 170 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Mononymous Canadian crooner Lewis' only known album, 1983's L'Amour (which must certainly have been a cheeky reference to pulpy Western author Louis L'Amour), is an atmospheric, introspective set of almost narcoleptic synth and acoustic pop ballads. Think a mumblecore take on Bryan Ferry or David Bowie singing on Ambien and you'll come close to the sound Lewis achieved on L'Amour. This is chilly, synth-based music featuring long instrumental stretches, punctuated by Lewis' almost unintelligible if not unpleasant singing. Aesthetically, one might say that Lewis (who, according to Light in the Attic's research, may have actually been a stockbroker named Randall Wulff) seems inspired by such touchstones as Low-era David Bowie, late-'70s Brian Eno, and the downtempo cabaret-pop of Scott Walker (especially the Walker Brothers' 1978 reunion album Nite Flights), even if he never fully embraced the dissonant aspects of those artists. Similarly, though L'Amour is probably too lo-fi and arch to have ever achieved much mainstream attention, the soft-focus, often electronic nature of much of Lewis' material wouldn't have sounded out of place next to such '80s new wave bands as Japan, Human League, and ABC. Ultimately, while Lewis himself remains an enigma, the music on L'Amour offers us a fascinating glimpse of a long-forgotten Canadian pop auteur.
TRACKLISTING:
1 I Thought The World Of You 2:34
2 Cool Night In Paris 3:16
3 My Whole Life 2:21
4 Even Rainbows Turn Blue 3:34
5 Like To See You Again 4:25
6 Things Just Happen That Way 4:25
7 Summer's Moon 3:52
8 Let's Fall In Love Tonight 3:44
9 Love Showered Me 4:05
10 Romance For Two 4:50
Folk | Rock | Electronic | Ambient | FLAC / APE | Mp3 | CD-Rip
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