Coming Down is the first solo album by former Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, and Love and Rockets guitar player Daniel Ash,[3] released by Beggars Banquet in September 1990.[4] The first single, "This Love", was a number two hit on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States.[5] Natasha Atlas sings on many of the album's tracks.[6]
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 1990 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Label | Beggars Banquet[1] | |||
Producer | John Fryer[2] | |||
Daniel Ash chronology | ||||
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The album peaked at No. 109 on the Billboard 200.[7]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [8] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[9] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [10] |
Q | [12] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [11] |
Entertainment Weekly called the album "insidiously listenable — all thick, pulsating drums and sinewy melodies, topped by Ash’s studio-processed and thus inhuman-sounding vocals."[9] Trouser Press wrote that the album "takes off in a bunch of different directions, from sedate cocktail swing to low-key salsa (!) to somber atmospherics to jittering dance noise."[6] The Buffalo News praised the "furtive, moody, electronically draped reflections on reality and romance."[13] Q described it as "sometimes playful, sometimes moody tinkering [that] is for close friends and relatives only".[12]
Track listing
edit- "Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
- "Coming Down Fast"
- "Walk This Way" (Ash, Tito Puente)
- "Closer to You"
- "Day Tripper" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
- "This Love"
- "Blue Angel"
- "Me and My Shadow" (Dave Dreyer, Billy Rose, Al Jolson)
- "Candy Darling"
- "Sweet Little Liar"
- "Not So Fast"
- "Coming Down"
Personnel
edit- Bass - Daniel Ash (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 to 11)
- Producer - Daniel Ash, John Fryer (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7 to 9, 12), John A. Rivers (tracks: 6, 10)
- Vocals - Natacha Atlas (tracks: 1, 3 to 8, 11, 12)
- Vocals, guitar - Daniel Ash
References
edit- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 268.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (19 February 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Daniel Ash | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Group, Beggars. "The Arkive". The Arkive. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "Daniel Ash". Billboard.
- ^ a b "Love and Rockets". Trouser Press. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Daniel Ash". Billboard.
- ^ Coming Down at AllMusic
- ^ a b "Coming Down". EW.com.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 693.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 25.
- ^ a b Kane, Peter (5 March 1991). "Daniel Ash Coming Down". Q. Vol. 55. p. 65.
- ^ "DANIEL ASH POP". The Buffalo News.