Rob Fulton - Empathy

Sunday 1st August 1999
Rob Fulton - Empathy

STYLE: Pop
RATING 5 5 5 5 5
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 1286-31172
LABEL: Independent
FORMAT: CD Album

Reviewed by Mike Rimmer

Recorded at FFG's  studios in Gloucestershire, "Empathy" is a collection of Rob Fulton's songs and what an unusual mix it is. At best you get a bit of a sinister dark groove on "Watch Out" with its warnings against the Devil's work (which lyrically bears a likening to Larry Norman's "Watch What You're Doing) and the straight ahead rock and effective tinny organ of "Adult Games". But there is quite a bit which seems caught in a time warp and sounds too ordinary to make impact. Songs like "1000 Miles From Home", "Happy People", "Who's That Man?" and "The Seed" all sound like Christian music circa 1980. Even "Shadowlands", inspired by C S Lewis, is attempting to be moody but fails to connect. Whilst Rob writes decent songs, his singing occasionally falls flat and sadly this album sounds very dated and lacklustre and fails to really connect.  

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Reader Comments

Posted by martin mills in sexy stroud @ 11:45 on Jan 12 2009

love it



Posted by Melissa Telling in The LRC @ 09:50 on Dec 5 2008

I must admit that I do love this album and if i was to rate it i would have it at 10/10 stars.. i always think that the saxaphone solos are the best :)



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