Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Hayles, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Eyre, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Brewis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lain Luther Gray, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Cummings, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer Michael Peden, Producer, Mixer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Gavyn Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - London Session Orchestra, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Wingfield, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Brammer, ComposerLyricist - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Ingman, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Ricotti, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Wesson, Programmer - Lawrence Johnson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - TIM KELLETT, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Rupert Brown, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Bodger, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lighthouse Family, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Tucker, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tunde Baiyewu, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Philip D Todd, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Paul 'Max' Bloom, Asst. A great album to put on while you're reading or just sitting quietly by yourself. The group's real strength is the music anyway. Fortunately, lead singer Baiyewu possesses such a strong voice, you can treat it as another instrument and tune out what he is actually saying. The album ends on a high note with "Goodbye Heartbreak," a song about love and loss that makes a nice bookend to the upbeat first track, "Lifted." With the exception of these two songs and "Ocean Drive," the weakest aspect of the record is the lyrics, which range from the forgettable to the inscrutable. "Loving Every Minute" features some great trumpet backup from "Tim Kellett," and the drums on "Keep Remembering" and "Sweetest Operator" certainly get your feet tapping. The other songs aren't quite on the same level, but they are still fun to listen to. "Ocean Drive" is particularly transporting if you close your eyes and let your mind wander while listening to this track, you can almost feel yourself driving along the coast, the wind in your hair and your responsibilities left behind. Not to mention the album's best tunes, "Lifted" and "Ocean Drive," are virtually guaranteed to buoy one's spirits. While some may find Paul Tucker and Tunde Baiyewu's song stylings a little too soft rock for their taste, the smooth guitar chords and quiet percussion quickly become addictive. Ocean Drive, the debut album from the London-based duo Lighthouse Family, is a modest, but extremely pleasant affair that makes for excellent rainy-day listening.
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