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Track List
01) Scream (Funk My Life Up)
02) Let Me Down Easy
03) Bus Talk (interlude)
04) One Day
05) Numpty
06) Superfly (interlude)
07) Better Man
08) Iron Sky
09) Diana
10) Fashion
11) Looking for Something
12) Cherry Blossom
13) Someone Like You
01) Scream (Funk My Life Up)
02) Let Me Down Easy
03) Bus Talk (interlude)
04) One Day
05) Numpty
06) Superfly (interlude)
07) Better Man
08) Iron Sky
09) Diana
10) Fashion
11) Looking for Something
12) Cherry Blossom
13) Someone Like You
3:09
3:32
1:30
5:06
3:54
1:13
5:29
6:13
3:35
3:06
6:21
6:17
2:09
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First Released
2014
Indie
Relaxed
Rock/Pop
Late Night
Medium
Album
109,000 copies
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Caustic Love is the third studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini, released on 14 April 2014 by Atlantic Records. After releasing his critical and commercial successful album Sunny Side Up (2009), Nutini began touring which ended two years later. In February 2011, Nutini began writing and recording the album, "Caustic Love" was co-produced by Nutini himself with help from Dani Castelar.
Upon release Caustic Love was met with positive reviews from music critics, who noted the album as "the best UK R&B album since the 1970s blue-eyed-soul heyday." Commercially the album was a success, it debuted at number one on the UK Album Charts with 109,000 copies sold, making "Caustic Love" the fastest selling album of the year in the region.
The album was preceded by the single "Scream (Funk My Life Up)", released as a digital download on 28 January 2014 and as a physical single on 30 March 2014.
User Album Review
Where has Paolo Nutini been the past five years? Spending the fruits of his labour on his last album, which he charmed the nation into buying 1.9 million copies of? ...Giving his 'Pencil full of lead' a meet and greet with all his groupies?... Or working on the best songs of his career? Chances are it could just be all three. Paolo's blowing his previous perceived parameters of music style out of the water and proving he has that mature edge.
It's fair to state that this album completely flips anything you thought you knew about Paolo Nutini. From his first album 'These Streets' with uplifting skippy tracks like 'Jenny Don't Be Hasty' and 'New Shoes' and tender and soulful tracks like 'Last Request' . To his second album 'Sunny Side Up', which brought saucy metaphor songs like 'Candy' and elevated Paolo to a household name.
With 'Caustic Love' Paolo proves he is not a dinner-party-safe choice like the likes of Adele.
Single, 'Scream - Funk Up My Life' immediately throws you into the new funked up attitude with stirs of sexual innuendo ('I'm coming over her like gasoline') Elements of jazz influence are meshed seamlessly into this song with the addition of a horn section.
Elsewhere, the focal bass notes in 'Let Me Down Easy' gives the track bluesy ambiance to go with the mellifluous vocal tones.
The two interludes on the album, 'Bus Talk' and 'Superfly', add an energized and ingenious entrance for following tracks. 'Bus talk' interlude includes a high pitched 'Tweetie pie' inspired voice which progresses into a deep southern American accent and then into a heavy drum and bass beat which echoes the RnB vibe throughout the album.
Arguably the key track is the show stopping 7 minutes of 'Iron Sky' . Beginning with a ringing guitar and heavy bass which pave the way for Paolo's vocals to explode, The gutsy attitude of the track give a real authentication that Nutini is comfortable in is own skin. Trumpets and a sample from Charlie Chaplin's 1940 movie 'The Great Dictator' add the flying flag to the evolution of Paolo's music style.
The previously thought unlikely collaboration of Janelle Monáe and Paolo Nutini, now feels like a natural pairing given the RnB style of 'Fashion', Monáe busts a rap which takes the track to a new level of swagger. Soulful tracks like 'Better man' remind us of how we first fell in love with Paolo, the comfortable intimacy of the track is both thought provoking and harks back to previous tracks from his debut "These Streets"
Just when you think the album is winding down, another key track 'Cherry Blossom' knocks you off your block. The subtlety of the beginning leaves the listener in the dark about the depth of the track to follow. As The track kicks into its commanding and edgy rhythm, Nutini roars the chorus. You realise that Paolo has left the relative safety of his previous albums and is reborn as a songwriter who is newly energised and ready to push boundaries and take risks.
At 27 years old Paolo has carved himself a new style and produced a brilliantly authentic coming-of-age record. Do yourself a favour and plug yourself into Caustic Love.
Key tracks to look out for “Iron Sky”, “Cherry Blossom”, “Fashion” and “Better man”.
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Caustic Love is the third studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini, released on 14 April 2014 by Atlantic Records. After releasing his critical and commercial successful album Sunny Side Up (2009), Nutini began touring which ended two years later. In February 2011, Nutini began writing and recording the album, "Caustic Love" was co-produced by Nutini himself with help from Dani Castelar.
Upon release Caustic Love was met with positive reviews from music critics, who noted the album as "the best UK R&B album since the 1970s blue-eyed-soul heyday." Commercially the album was a success, it debuted at number one on the UK Album Charts with 109,000 copies sold, making "Caustic Love" the fastest selling album of the year in the region.
The album was preceded by the single "Scream (Funk My Life Up)", released as a digital download on 28 January 2014 and as a physical single on 30 March 2014.
User Album Review
Where has Paolo Nutini been the past five years? Spending the fruits of his labour on his last album, which he charmed the nation into buying 1.9 million copies of? ...Giving his 'Pencil full of lead' a meet and greet with all his groupies?... Or working on the best songs of his career? Chances are it could just be all three. Paolo's blowing his previous perceived parameters of music style out of the water and proving he has that mature edge.
It's fair to state that this album completely flips anything you thought you knew about Paolo Nutini. From his first album 'These Streets' with uplifting skippy tracks like 'Jenny Don't Be Hasty' and 'New Shoes' and tender and soulful tracks like 'Last Request' . To his second album 'Sunny Side Up', which brought saucy metaphor songs like 'Candy' and elevated Paolo to a household name.
With 'Caustic Love' Paolo proves he is not a dinner-party-safe choice like the likes of Adele.
Single, 'Scream - Funk Up My Life' immediately throws you into the new funked up attitude with stirs of sexual innuendo ('I'm coming over her like gasoline') Elements of jazz influence are meshed seamlessly into this song with the addition of a horn section.
Elsewhere, the focal bass notes in 'Let Me Down Easy' gives the track bluesy ambiance to go with the mellifluous vocal tones.
The two interludes on the album, 'Bus Talk' and 'Superfly', add an energized and ingenious entrance for following tracks. 'Bus talk' interlude includes a high pitched 'Tweetie pie' inspired voice which progresses into a deep southern American accent and then into a heavy drum and bass beat which echoes the RnB vibe throughout the album.
Arguably the key track is the show stopping 7 minutes of 'Iron Sky' . Beginning with a ringing guitar and heavy bass which pave the way for Paolo's vocals to explode, The gutsy attitude of the track give a real authentication that Nutini is comfortable in is own skin. Trumpets and a sample from Charlie Chaplin's 1940 movie 'The Great Dictator' add the flying flag to the evolution of Paolo's music style.
The previously thought unlikely collaboration of Janelle Monáe and Paolo Nutini, now feels like a natural pairing given the RnB style of 'Fashion', Monáe busts a rap which takes the track to a new level of swagger. Soulful tracks like 'Better man' remind us of how we first fell in love with Paolo, the comfortable intimacy of the track is both thought provoking and harks back to previous tracks from his debut "These Streets"
Just when you think the album is winding down, another key track 'Cherry Blossom' knocks you off your block. The subtlety of the beginning leaves the listener in the dark about the depth of the track to follow. As The track kicks into its commanding and edgy rhythm, Nutini roars the chorus. You realise that Paolo has left the relative safety of his previous albums and is reborn as a songwriter who is newly energised and ready to push boundaries and take risks.
At 27 years old Paolo has carved himself a new style and produced a brilliantly authentic coming-of-age record. Do yourself a favour and plug yourself into Caustic Love.
Key tracks to look out for “Iron Sky”, “Cherry Blossom”, “Fashion” and “Better man”.
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