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Here, the string work on is captivating and the simplicity is beautiful – again, it demonstartes how well Booth’s voice has held up over the years. One of Britain’s most enduring success stories, JAMES have released sixteen studio albums, selling over 25 million copies, with their recent run of Top 5 albums proving to be a golden era for the band. JAMES are: Tim Booth, Jim Glennie, Saul Davies, Adrian Oxaal, David Baynton-Power, Mark Hunter, Andy Diagram, Chloe Alper and Deborah Knox-Hewson. James have really excelled themselves, orchestrating a true time capsule of thought-provoking and memory-laden songs.

There are so many layers and details to these songs and I am still discovering more after numerous listens. I felt that the submissions here were a considerate and thoughtful selection and not what I’d expect which gives it a certain amount of charm. The evolution of James over the decades has been remarkable to watch, and this new album demonstrates not only how they excel as musicians, but also as human beings. The way he has taken these extremely well known and loved songs and stripped them back whilst ensuring the songs still retain their essential nature is nothing short of genius. Although James has played some of these tracks on previous orchestral shows, it is the first time they have been recorded for release.

With an orchestra and choir adding to the song’s already epic power, this single is proof that James remains a force to be reckoned with in the music world.

Morrissey had been raving about them in all the music press and to be fair they were pretty entertaining. We are excited to announce our 2024 arena tour with special guests Razorlight AND a new album release! As a band we are constantly moving forward and making new music and don’t have the luxury of looking over our shoulder. This James, although still holding their own and enjoying the fruits of their past labours, sound like they have put the indie moniker aside and put their hearts and souls into how these songs could have sounded in the first place. Set them marching, stop them thinking/Psyche them up with your will/Stir them up with frantic rhythm/Send them out to kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill”, Booth bellows with an evil snarl.It contains orchestral reworkings of the band's songs from the Orca 22 orchestra led by Andra Vornici, also accompanied by the eight-person Manchester Inspirational Voices gospel choir, [2] along with the new song and lead single "Love Make a Fool". BE OPENED BY THE WONDERFUL was recorded at Blueprint Studios in Manchester, orchestrated and conducted by Joe Duddell with the ORCA22 Orchestra, led by Andra Vornicu, featuring the Manchester Inspirational Voices choir directed by Wayne Ellington. Ahead of their eagerly anticipated headline arena tour, JAMES have announced a very special intimate warm-up show at WOLVERHAMPTON KK’S STEEL MILL on TUESDAY 23 NOVEMBER.

Manchester indie veterans James are back with their 17th studio album, Be Opened By The Wonderful, reviewed by Natalie Royle. Online since 2010 it is one of the fastest-growing and most respected music-related publications on the net.Be Opened By The Wonderful is a 20 track (19 Vinyl) of some of their most loved and rare tracks, re-imagined with a 22 piece orchestra and 8 piece choir. We are introduced to the second disc with `Someone’s Got It In For Me` a number that has been described as “a victim song”. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. The first disc opens with `Sometimes` which is predominantly stripped back with vocal and minimal orchestration initially and is part spoken word and part sung but as it evolves the backing choir give it a much more poignant and gospel like feel and it becomes almost a different song to the original song of love and heartbreak.

Tim Booth says of the album which celebrates forty years since the release of James’ first single Jimone on Factory Records –“Life begins at 40. The album was recorded at Blueprint Studios in January 2023 with the ORCA22 Orchestra lead by Andra Vornicu and the Manchester Inspirational Voices choir, directed by Wayne Ellington. If I will not be faithful/I must accept betrayal/When your turn comes to leave me/Will my freeways have failed? Iam Burn of XS Noize described it as "an alternative version of a greatest hits album – though there are several lesser-known tracks here too" and found that the presence of the orchestra and choir "allows James to find a new sound that works well". Pressing is dead flat, very little surface noise on either vinyl, maybe a tad more noticed on Side B but a couple of cleans and it's barely evident.His voice soars high and merges with the strings, flying high like a leaf a breeze whilst a gentle guitar strums below—an excellent way to end.

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