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LANA DEL REY: Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Polydor)
Verdict: Mesmerising but spasmodic
***
Lana Del Rey was once dubbed ‘the gangster Nancy Sinatra' and dismissed for having a ‘fabricated persona'.
But these days even her fiercest critics would be hard pushed to call her a phoney. ‘I'm a princess, I'm divisive,' she sings on her ninth studio album, taking a mocking potshot at those who still doubt her musical integrity.
Her latest effort, which runs for 77 minutes and consists (like all her records) primarily of sad, reverb-drenched torch songs, is overlong, labyrinthine and sometimes baffling.
Many of its themes, from her bad-boy lovers to the underbelly of American life, will be familiar, but its better moments pack the honest, emotional punch of a songwriter in her prime.
It accelerates a process evident on her two lockdown LPs — Chemtrails Over The Country Club and Blue Banisters — which saw the 37-year-old (born Elizabeth Grant and raised in a middle-class family in upstate New York) reveal more of herself. ‘I'm writing my own story, and no one can tell it but me,' she said in 2021.
Lana Del Rey was once dubbed ‘the gangster Nancy Sinatra' and dismissed for having a ‘fabricated persona'
She lowers her guard straight away on hymn-like opening track The Grants, about family memories. Co-written with ex-boyfriend Mike Hermosa, who plays piano on the album, it mentions her sister Caroline's first-born daughter and her grandmother's last smile: ‘I'm gonna take that too with me,' she sighs.
That track includes stunning harmonies by Melodye Perry, Pattie Howard and Shikena Jones, three singers who feature in the 2013 documentary 20 Feet From Stardom, about overlooked backing vocalists.
The trio reappear on the title track, in which Del Rey likens the transience of pop fame to the fate of the abandoned Jergins Tunnel, a passageway to the Long Beach shoreline that was closed in 1967 after 40 years. ‘When's it gonna be my turn?' she sings, wondering whether she'll one day be consigned to history in similar fashion.
Her emotional turmoil is thrown into even sharper relief on A&W, a two-part mini-opera that opens with atmospheric piano chords and ends in distorted electronics. The suspicion she might be a little too addicted to melancholy is reinforced on ballad Kintsugi, named after the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery (‘It's just that I don't trust myself with my heart, I have to let it break a little more … ')
Her latest effort, which runs for 77 minutes and consists (like all her records) primarily of sad, reverb-drenched torch songs, is overlong, labyrinthine and sometimes baffling
There are two cameos from Oscar-winning film composer Jon Batiste (pictured)
Did You Know That There's A Tunnel . . . is musically rich. Del Rey's voice switches from a husky purr to a wispy soprano and, as befits an album with a series of sleeves that all resemble B-movie posters, the mood is cinematic.
There are two cameos from Oscar-winning film composer Jon Batiste. Another of Lana's producers, Jack Antonoff, adds Mellotron and Moog.
But the record sags in the middle, with 14 songs and two lengthy ‘interludes', the first of which features U.S. pastor (and friend of Justin Bieber) Judah Smith and echoed laughter.
The most memorable songs are, ironically, the most conventional: Father John Misty duet Let The Light In, and the piano pop of Paris, Texas. Long-term fans will also enjoy spotting the usual array of songs that mention other songs, with knowing shout-outs to tracks by John Denver, the Eagles and doo-wop quintet Little Anthony And The Imperials. There's a nod to Harry Nilsson, where she names not just a song (the heart-wrenching Don't Forget Me), but also the precise moment where Nilsson's voice breaks.
This isn't Lana's best album — I can't imagine too many of these songs featuring in her forthcoming Glastonbury set — but it is another fascinating move from a singer who balances alternative styles and mainstream appeal. That tunnel to obscurity can wait a while.
DEPECHE MODE: Memento Mori (Columbia)
Verdict: Tour de force
****
The loss of founder member Andy Fletcher, who died, aged 60, last May, was always going to have a profound effect on Depeche Mode. Fletch was the glue that held an otherwise volatile outfit together for more than 40 years, and his absence looms large on the Basildon band's 15th album.
‘I'll meet you by the river, or maybe on the other side,' sings frontman Dave Gahan on Wagging Tongue, one of several tracks harking back to the group's days as Kraftwerk-inspired synth-poppers who rode the 1980s New Romantic wave. ‘You'll find it hard to swallow when you watch another angel die,' he adds.
Memento Mori is Depeche Mode's first album as a two-piece — Gahan plus main songwriter Martin Gore — and it places them belatedly in the classic synth-duo tradition of Soft Cell and the Pet Shop Boys. A second collaboration with producer James Ford, it's a huge step-up from 2017's laboured Spirit, which lacked both decent tunes and good cheer.
The Latin album title translates as ‘remember you have to die', but there's something revitalising about a record that addresses mortality but concludes that life is still worth living.
Memento Mori is Depeche Mode's first album as a two-piece — Dave Gahan (Right) plus main songwriter Martin Gore (Left)
The loss of founder member Andy Fletcher, who died, aged 60, last May, was always going to have a profound effect on Depeche Mode
‘Sunday's shining, silver linings,' sings Gahan on Ghosts Again, an exhilarating song written by Gore and Richard Butler (of The Psychedelic Furs) that displays a lightness of touch absent on Spirit.
Gahan is in tremendous form. He plays the snake-hipped rock god with aplomb, but — as he showed when covering the popular standards Smile and Lilac Wine on Imposter, his 2021 covers album — he has a softer side, and he sings with the tenderness of a traditional crooner on ballad Soul With Me.
If that comes as a pleasant surprise, Memento Mori otherwise plays to well-established strengths, with Gore re-igniting his flair for memorable melodies: Never Let Me Go is driven by synths straight out of the 1980s; Don't Say You Love Me is a Bond-worthy ballad.
Both albums are out today. Depeche Mode play Twickenham Stadium on June 17.
KATIE MELUA: Love & Money (BMG)
Verdict: Melua matures in style
****
By transforming herself from an easy-listening pop queen into a more adventurous performer, Katie Melua has seen her career progress in rather contrary fashion. Most artists do it the other way around.
The singer-songwriter, 38, who made her name with middle-of-the-road songs like The Closest Thing To Crazy, couldn't exactly be deemed cutting-edge even now, but her music has undeniably become more intrepid since she marked turning 30 by making an LP of choral music with the Gori Women's Choir.
The singer-songwriter, 38, who made her name with middle-of-the-road songs like The Closest Thing To Crazy, výrobní proces couldn't exactly be deemed cutting-edge even now
Inspired by new romance and first-time motherhood (she gave birth to a son, Sandro, in November), new album Love & Money breaks more fresh ground.
Produced by film composer Leo Abrahams, and made while Melua was pregnant, it's a sophisticated song-suite she describes as her ‘blue-sky record … like drinking a cool glass of water in the summertime'.
She begins, on Golden Record, by examining the task of balancing a career and family life. Initially, she looks enviously at friends who are measuring out their lives in the school years of their children, but then turns her gaze inwards, wondering whether she's secretly afraid of living a life of domestic bliss herself. The track's jittery electronics are a surprise.
Elsewhere, she mixes acoustic pop and jazzier styles in the manner of Joni Mitchell, though the two artists she cites as her main inspirations here are Van Morrison and French ballad singer Françoise Hardy.
She also takes detours into early 2000s chill-out on Darling Star, and classical chamber music on Pick Me Up, which features her brother Zurab on piano.
Some tracks address her new relationship, with Quiet Moves inspired by watching her boyfriend dance for the first time, and Lie In The Heat telling of an idyllic day out.
She also recounts a bizarre early romantic encounter — a seaweed-collecting trip to Margate — on First Date. ‘I'm gonna be as careful about finding him … as careful as I am about finding songs.' She's found a few here.
Katie Melua starts a tour on May 2 at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill (ticketmaster.co.uk).
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Soccer AM has fallen but following the show's cancellation the best of its product will live long in the memory as part of a major impact on UK football culture.
Across 30 years the show changed just about everything to adapt to the zeitgeist it found itself in, but it was also known for essentially producing memes long before social media or even the internet was a key factor in the spread of viral football content.
The programme was chaotic, raw and often littered with mistakes but its rough edge and laid back attitude was the perfect way to kick off a weekend at its peak.
While some of the sketches were huge misses there were plenty of hits along the way that continued right up until its cancellation.
Here Mail Sport looks at the best of them from down the years.
Soccer AM has been axed after a 30-year run. Pictured are former presenters Helen Chamberlain and Tim Lovejoy from 2003
Save Chip
One of the earliest features from the show was the Save Chip feature - which to many outside of the show's following would have caused massive confusion.
I mean, who is Chip? Why does he need saving? And how comes he has such a big following?
The origins of it were from presenter Tim Lovejoy's friend called 'Chip' and casually mentioning how he couldn't watch as much football as he wanted to due to a hectic homelife.
It took just weeks before it became a huge hit of a story and an on-running gag.
Supporters were often seen pinning up 'Save Chip' banners at football grounds while producers of the show would also end up finding the material as far out as Ashes cricket matches in Australia.
It was a classic case of football related content going viral in the 1990s well before the internet boom. It even appeared on a Football Manager game and an episode of Eastenders.
'Save Chip' banners were often seen around many football grounds in the early 2000s
'Easy, Easy, Easy'
Another football viral of its time. And yet it was such a simple design - consisting of just one word on repeat.
Yet it caught on heavily. There were plenty of football grounds up and down the country in the late 2000s where when a team went 2-0... or even 1-0 up the chant of 'easy, easy, easy' would soon follow.
But that too spread out away from football. Soccer AM fans soon ensured darts venues would become embroiled with the chant, while even Jeff Stelling on Soccer Saturday couldn't help but get caught up in the moment when his beloved Hartlepool United would grab a lead.
Away days
It wasn't all just small references gaining a massive following, some of Soccer AM's best content was educational as well as entertainingly fun, silly and downright bonkers at times.
Take 'Franky Fryer' and the 'Away Days' segment. From week to week dressed in that same brown anorak, jeans and far too much jewellery, Franky would go from ground to ground describing historical elements of the stadium, the club that played for and maybe even the region in general - all with a cockney accent.
It sounds ridiculous, and it often was, but it was damn funny too especially as the character's actor Adam Smith would often play the role with huge exaggeration and over the top mannerisms like a child hyped up on lemonade.
It would often conclude with Fryer saying 'I know what time it is, you know what time it is' before spewing out a diatribe of fast-talking rambling, výroba where a local or well-known contributor would chime in with a well timed word or two.
The bit was a send of actor Danny Dyer's own documentary series The Real Football Factories, and boy did it work. So much so, that the Eastenders and Football Factory star even appeared alongside 'Fryer' to cover his beloved West Ham.
The hyper cockney character called 'Franky Fryer' featured often as part of 'Away Days'
Tim Lovejoy strutts on the catwalk
Tim Lovejoy and Helen Chamberlain were key to the show's success and presented the show together from 1996 through to Lovejoy's departure in 2007.
One of Lovejoy's (many) lasting impacts on the show though lived on well past his exit, including his strutt up and down the catwalk where guests would feature.
It was simple enough, and borderline dad-dancing but everyone was doing it and Lovejoy himself couldn't help but look back fondly on the dance on Twitter recently.
He said: 'Hands up if you're keeping this dance alive'
Current food mood pic.twitter.com/HuHMwdqt2S
— Helen Chamberlain (@HellsBellsy) March 30, 2020
Tim Lovejoy (pictured at Glastonbury in 2008) and his team produced a popular segment with the annual dance-off
Third eye
Now any small thing that can happen at a sporting event an be picked up in a second on social media and be on everyone's phone within minutes.
After all it only takes on eagle-eyed viewer to spot something unusual and as long as they have a smart phone, it's instant video content that can be enjoyed by many.
Soccer AM though had all of these already down to a tee with it's 'Third Eye' feature, where they would take clips from football matches and spot the quirky elements of it you may have missed while watching it live - or if it was broadcast to the public at all.
Some of the classics included Manchester United assistant manager Mike Phelan scaring boss Sir Alex Ferguson by popping a stray balloon during a Manchester United game at Chelsea. Another also saw Rafa Benitez appear to spawn a Sky Sports graphic simply by making a tactical gesture with his hand.
Crossbar challenge
A very popular long running feature of the show and with good reason - it was brilliant TV.
Not only did it show that even the best technical players could make fools of themselves on camera, but it would also give an unsung hero at the club the potential to look like a genius within the same timeframe.
The premise was simple. Turn up at a team's training ground and offer a team's stars the chance to hit the crossbar from the halfway line. The teams clearly loved the element as well and it was often amusing to see their cackled laughter or group celebration pile-on depending on whether their team-mate fired one onto the nearest motorway or even minorly clipped the underside of the bar.
There was always at least one person that managed to do it, and often even some of the biggest names got it wrong. Looking back now it can be amusing to see that Chelsea's Kevin De Bruyne was absolutely useless at it. No wonder Jose Mourinho sold him...
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Soccer AM has fallen but following the show's cancellation the best of its product will live long in the memory as part of a major impact on UK football culture.
Across 30 years the show changed just about everything to adapt to the zeitgeist it found itself in, but it was also known for essentially producing memes long before social media or even the internet was a key factor in the spread of viral football content.
The programme was chaotic, raw and výroba often littered with mistakes but its rough edge and laid back attitude was the perfect way to kick off a weekend at its peak.
While some of the sketches were huge misses there were plenty of hits along the way that continued right up until its cancellation.
Here Mail Sport looks at the best of them from down the years.
Soccer AM has been axed after a 30-year run. Pictured are former presenters Helen Chamberlain and Tim Lovejoy from 2003
Save Chip
One of the earliest features from the show was the Save Chip feature - which to many outside of the show's following would have caused massive confusion.
I mean, who is Chip? Why does he need saving? And how comes he has such a big following?
The origins of it were from presenter Tim Lovejoy's friend called 'Chip' and casually mentioning how he couldn't watch as much football as he wanted to due to a hectic homelife.
It took just weeks before it became a huge hit of a story and an on-running gag.
Supporters were often seen pinning up 'Save Chip' banners at football grounds while producers of the show would also end up finding the material as far out as Ashes cricket matches in Australia.
It was a classic case of football related content going viral in the 1990s well before the internet boom. It even appeared on a Football Manager game and an episode of Eastenders.
'Save Chip' banners were often seen around many football grounds in the early 2000s
'Easy, Easy, Easy'
Another football viral of its time. And yet it was such a simple design - consisting of just one word on repeat.
Yet it caught on heavily. There were plenty of football grounds up and down the country in the late 2000s where when a team went 2-0... or even 1-0 up the chant of 'easy, easy, easy' would soon follow.
But that too spread out away from football. Soccer AM fans soon ensured darts venues would become embroiled with the chant, while even Jeff Stelling on Soccer Saturday couldn't help but get caught up in the moment when his beloved Hartlepool United would grab a lead.
Away days
It wasn't all just small references gaining a massive following, some of Soccer AM's best content was educational as well as entertainingly fun, silly and downright bonkers at times.
Take 'Franky Fryer' and the 'Away Days' segment. From week to week dressed in that same brown anorak, jeans and far too much jewellery, Franky would go from ground to ground describing historical elements of the stadium, the club that played for and maybe even the region in general - all with a cockney accent.
It sounds ridiculous, and it often was, but it was damn funny too especially as the character's actor Adam Smith would often play the role with huge exaggeration and over the top mannerisms like a child hyped up on lemonade.
It would often conclude with Fryer saying 'I know what time it is, you know what time it is' before spewing out a diatribe of fast-talking rambling, where a local or well-known contributor would chime in with a well timed word or two.
The bit was a send of actor Danny Dyer's own documentary series The Real Football Factories, and boy did it work. So much so, that the Eastenders and Football Factory star even appeared alongside 'Fryer' to cover his beloved West Ham.
The hyper cockney character called 'Franky Fryer' featured often as part of 'Away Days'
Tim Lovejoy strutts on the catwalk
Tim Lovejoy and Helen Chamberlain were key to the show's success and presented the show together from 1996 through to Lovejoy's departure in 2007.
One of Lovejoy's (many) lasting impacts on the show though lived on well past his exit, including his strutt up and down the catwalk where guests would feature.
It was simple enough, and borderline dad-dancing but everyone was doing it and Lovejoy himself couldn't help but look back fondly on the dance on Twitter recently.
He said: 'Hands up if you're keeping this dance alive'
Current food mood pic.twitter.com/HuHMwdqt2S
— Helen Chamberlain (@HellsBellsy) March 30, 2020
Tim Lovejoy (pictured at Glastonbury in 2008) and his team produced a popular segment with the annual dance-off
Third eye
Now any small thing that can happen at a sporting event an be picked up in a second on social media and be on everyone's phone within minutes.
After all it only takes on eagle-eyed viewer to spot something unusual and as long as they have a smart phone, it's instant video content that can be enjoyed by many.
Soccer AM though had all of these already down to a tee with it's 'Third Eye' feature, where they would take clips from football matches and spot the quirky elements of it you may have missed while watching it live - or if it was broadcast to the public at all.
Some of the classics included Manchester United assistant manager Mike Phelan scaring boss Sir Alex Ferguson by popping a stray balloon during a Manchester United game at Chelsea. Another also saw Rafa Benitez appear to spawn a Sky Sports graphic simply by making a tactical gesture with his hand.
Crossbar challenge
A very popular long running feature of the show and with good reason - it was brilliant TV.
Not only did it show that even the best technical players could make fools of themselves on camera, but it would also give an unsung hero at the club the potential to look like a genius within the same timeframe.
The premise was simple. Turn up at a team's training ground and offer a team's stars the chance to hit the crossbar from the halfway line. The teams clearly loved the element as well and it was often amusing to see their cackled laughter or group celebration pile-on depending on whether their team-mate fired one onto the nearest motorway or even minorly clipped the underside of the bar.
There was always at least one person that managed to do it, and often even some of the biggest names got it wrong. Looking back now it can be amusing to see that Chelsea's Kevin De Bruyne was absolutely useless at it. No wonder Jose Mourinho sold him...
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