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Smoove & Turrell - Mount Pleasant '2018

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Mount Pleasant
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Album name Mount Pleasant
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Date 2018
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Play time 41:51 min
Format / Bitrate 24 BIT Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
Media CD
Size 300 MB
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Smoove and Turrell are back with a stunning fifth studio album, Mount Pleasant. 

Conceived as the middle album of a trilogy starting with their previous Crown
Posada, the new record showcases the evocative lyrics and voice of John Turrell
alongside the glossy production skills of his partner in crime Smoove and is
described by John as an optimistic look at a pessimistic time. 

Throughout their career the band have always flirted with crossover appeal while
still retaining their fervent live fanbase. Crown Posada continued the trend
with national radio playlists in the UK and Europe. Craig Charles remained an
enthusiastic supporter while Trevor Nelson featured the band on his Radio 2 show
and described them as carrying the torch for modern British soul music. 

The imagery and the lyrics of Crown Posada were a reflection on the generation
that preceeded Smoove & Turrell with the album sleeve featuring Smoove & Johns
grandfathers and songs celebrating local heroes of the North East. The follow up
is a look back on growing up in the Mount Pleasant area in Gateshead – a
resolutely working class part of the North East a little down on its luck. 

The Hawley-esque A Deckham Love Song is the best example of this rose tinted
backwards glance to a childhood growing up when as John puts it none of the kids
knew they were poor because everyone was in the same boat. As always social
commentary plays a massive part in Smoove & Turrells lyrics with Hate Seeking
Missile, written shortly after MP Jo Cox was tragically murdered. 

But while those songs and their Mount Pleasant are very personal to Smoove &
Turrell they chose the title because everyone seems to know a different Mount
Pleasant – with a universal theme being that some live up to their names
and some do not. 

01. Smoove & Turrell - There for Me (4:24)
02. Smoove & Turrell - Youre Gone (3:43)
03. Smoove & Turrell - Something Better (3:42)
04. Smoove & Turrell - Hate Seeking Missile (3:51)
05. Smoove & Turrell - Billie (3:16)
06. Smoove & Turrell - A Deckham Love Song (4:07)
07. Smoove & Turrell - I Feel Alive (3:12)
08. Smoove & Turrell - Mr Hyde (4:45)
09. Smoove & Turrell - Flames to Feed (4:00)
10. Smoove & Turrell - Love That Kinda Lie (3:30)
11. Smoove & Turrell - Small Town (3:22)

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