After the tragic death of her husband and a four-year musical hiatus, Corinne Bailey Rae returns with her long-awaited sophomore album, The Sea. A few songs on The Sea were composed prior to Jason Rae's death, but Corinne Bailey Rae admits that of the songs take on a different meaning after his passing.
To be honest, I was a little disappointed with Bailey Rae's follow-up to her self-titled debut album. After her hiatus, I expected intimate ballads of love and loss but instead her emotional state seemed rather opaque and mysterious. A bit schizophrenic, the album jumps from eerie rock-ballads to heart-wrenching melodies about death. The charming vulnerability that appeared on her debut album is perhaps more haunting on The Sea.
While I would have preferred to hear more personal and intimate artistry on The Sea, I'm not sure that it's fair to judge the album by this short-coming, alone.
The musicality of the The Sea is quite different from Corinne's debut release. More rock-influenced and at times mystical, The Sea presents a new side of Corinne Bailey Rae
Tracks to hear:
- Closer
- I Would Like to Call It Beauty
- The Sea
- Little Wing
Listen to Corinne talk about her new album
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