Single title:
Place In My Heart
Artist:
David Jordan
Label:
Mercury Records
The record that springs to mind immediately upon hearing this is David Gray's 2000 single Please Forgive Me. Like that release, there are weird dance rhythms here, where no dance rhythms should be. The lyrics are to do with social conditioning, although not in a preachy, Phil Collins-style manner. The sounds are clear and sparse, with no clutter so that they linger long in the ear. Jordan sings plainly and simply from the heart with note-for-note precision and clarity, and is helped out by some simple backing arrangements which house his voice beautifully. A simple, charming treat of a song. [Jonathan Robert Muirhead]
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