Ryan Adams' productivity, Tom Waits' sitting-in-a-barr-iness, Sufjan's multi-instrumentalism modesty, Jarvis Cocker's charm and an continous stream of quality. An EP and four albums long (see, I'm not even counting the download only 2-CD b-sides collection) the English troubadour Ed Harcourt has given his fans his own brand of up-beat songs (All Of Your Days Will Be Blessed) and melancholic ballads (This One's For You).Although he still hasn't had his break-through and probably never will he released a Best Of, ironically titled 'Untill Tomorrow Then'. The best of features favorites like the jazzy title-track 'Untill Tomorrow Then', the near-perfect popsong 'Loneliness' and the melancholic 'Visit From The Dead Dog'. The Best Of doesn't just have two new songs, there's an entire bonus disc with 15 previously unreleased songs! That bonus disc could have very well been an official album, quality-wise. As Always, Ed doesn't disappoint. It's good to be a Harcourt fan, you should try it.
From album 'Here Be Monsters': Ed Harcourt - Beneath The Heart Of Darkness (myspace)
From album 'From Every Sphere': Ed Harcourt - All Of Your Days Will Be Blessed (video)
From album 'Strangers': Ed Harcourt - Loneliness (video)
From album 'The Beautiful Lie': Ed Harcourt - Visit From The Dead Dog (video)
From Best Of 'Untill Tomorrow Then': Ed Harcourt - Untill Tomorrow Then (myspace)
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