Review from
http://www.totalmusicmagazine.com/albumreviews.htm
Daniel Johnston & Beam
Beam Me Up (Hazelwood)
Those of you that love Daniel Johnston’s
extremely lo-fi approach of recording (some songs even sung down a
telephone line), may feel that re-recording some of his greatest
hits with an 11-piece Dutch orchestra might just destroy the fragile
charm of his material entirely, a fear this reviewer shared. Well
panic ye not, the orchestral accompaniment is entirely in keeping
(more Jaga Jazzist than James Last), and Johnston seems to relish
the challenge gamely reaching for notes he’s never going to reach
and, in the case of the heartbreaking ‘True Love Will Find You In
The End’, actually bettering the original.
The Oracle
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