As If to Nothing

Craig Armstrong
Label: Melankolic
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Audio CD
Release date:16th April 2002

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Track Listing

1. Ruthless Gravity
2. Wake up in New York (featuring Evan Dando) Lyrics
3. Miracle (featuring Mogwai)
4. Amber
5. Finding Beauty
6. Waltz
7. Inhaler
8. Hymn 2 (featuring Photek)
9. Snow Lyrics
10. Starless 11
11. Stay (featuring BONO)
12. Niente
13. Sea Song Lyrics
14. Let it Be Lyrics
15. Choral Ending

Album Description

Long awaited studio album from 2002 Golden Globe winner (best score for Moulin Rouge). Features collaborations with Bono, Evan dando, Photek, Mogwai, David McAlmont and more.

Amazon.com

The impressive skills and epic ambition that arranger-composer Craig Armstrong brought to the Moulin Rouge soundtrack come to his aid again on As If to Nothing, making for a cohesive work that is at once beautiful and bleak. Given the dark orchestral flavor Armstrong has provided for artists like Massive Attack, U2, and Madonna, it's no surprise to find a sterling guest list (including Bono, David McAlmont, and Evan Dando) to help Armstrong articulate his world-weary musings. Photek adds vibrating beats to the rumbling "Hymn 2," the only dance-oriented track on the album. Moving back in time, Armstrong revamps King Crimson's classic ode to melancholy, "Starless," on "Starless II," adding elegant accompaniment of woozy strings and subtle piano. Dando's remorseful performance on "Wake Up in New York" is a ringer for pain merchant Mark Eitzel; Bono's lackluster performance is less revealing. But by then Armstrong has already worked his solemn, majestic procession to full effect. --Ken Micallef

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