Gemma Ray Discography of CDs

Gemma Ray CD discography The fact that Island Fire has bonus tracks from a previous single that appeared on the digital version of her fourth album, and that Gemma Ray not only covers two Sparks songs, but fully collaborates with the Mael brothers on one of them, almost threatens to ...

Gemma Ray albums Track Listing of songs: Low Rising, The; Gozo Theme; Say You Love Me; Reunion Waltz; Carpathian Lullaby; Letter, The; Baby Goes Bad; Exo-Orbit; So Long Serenata; No Star;

Gemma Ray music CDs The fact that Island Fire has bonus tracks from a previous single that appeared on the digital version of her fourth album, and that Gemma Ray not only covers two Sparks songs, but fully collaborates with the Mael brothers on one of them, almost threatens to ...

Gemma Ray discography Track Listing of songs: Yes I Am; Hard Shoulder; Dry River; Bring It To Me; Rise Of The Runts; On Your Own; Metal In The Morning; Name Your Lord; Eyes And Ears; Pick Up Truck; H H Hannah; New Life; Leader;

Gemma Ray songs On her second album, British singer/songwriter Gemma Ray lights out again on the adventurous trajectory she established with her 2008 debut. The word used repeatedly to describe Ray's cinematic retro sound is "noirish," and while that accurately describes the spacious, tremolo-heavy atmosphere of many of the ...

Gemma Ray CD discography Recorded in three days, It's a Shame About Gemma Ray is a different sort of project for Ray, whose previous albums explored the balance between retro pop and neo-soul. Here, Ray's lush arrangements are replaced by a stripped-down sound that's almost spooky in its intimacy, with little more than slide guitar and kickdrum forming the bedrock of each song. As for the songs themselves, they're all covers, and Ray twists each one to suit her alto voice and one-person backing band. Working with percussionist Matt Verta-Ray, she turns Buddy Holly's "Everyday" into a minor-key ballad, Mudhoney's "Touch Me I'm Sick" into a femme fatale seduction, and Alex Harvey's "Swampsnake" into urban blues, with slapback echo and guitar tremolo accounting for most of the album's hands-off production. The rest of the track list is similarly eclectic, running the gamut from an Etta James standard to a song by the contemporary Sub Pop artist Obits. Cover albums like this aren't meant to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with an artist's original work, but It's a Shame About Gemma Ray more than holds it down, partially because it allows Ray to shine as a lead guitarist and partially because it's so cohesive, shot through with the same cinematic noir ...

Gemma Ray albums Track Listing of songs: Low Rising, The; Gozo Theme; Say You Love Me; Reunion Waltz; Carpathian Lullaby; Letter, The; Baby Goes Bad; Exo-Orbit; So Long Serenata; No Star;

Track Listing of songs: How Do Get To Carnegie Hall?; Eaten By The Monster Of Love;

Track Listing of songs: Runaway; Rescue Me; Lights Out Zoltar; Remember;

Track Listing of songs: Hard Shoulder; Name Your Lord;