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David Hawley : That Upward Look
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British Pop, with power and acoustic flavouring, a splash of humour, and a hint of the Mersey.
Genre: Pop: British Pop
Release Date: 2004
That Upward Look
David Hawley
Record Label: David Hawley
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1. who's foolin' who 4:51 + MP3 $0.99
2. papering over the cracks 3:36 + MP3 $0.99
3. panicland 4:15 + MP3 $0.99
4. california face 4:53 + MP3 $0.99
5. sleeping with mussolini 5:24 + MP3 $0.99
6. what matters most 4:26 + MP3 $0.99
7. useless youthful hormones 4:31 + MP3 $0.99
8. fall so hard 4:19 + MP3 $0.99
9. lucky thug 3:24 + MP3 $0.99
10. last flight of the innocent 4:28 + MP3 $0.99
11. he wants pretty 5:03 + MP3 $0.99
12. all i'm going to do 4:12 + MP3 $0.99
13. pratt police 3:41 + MP3 $0.99
14. cruel mouth 4:27 + MP3 $0.99
15. that upward look 3:03 + MP3 $0.99
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Album Notes

Back in the '80's, I toured the Mid and West coast of the USA in a guitar duo with my brother. We were called "The Hawley Brothers" and we gigged three times a day in schools, colleges, and various other institutions. We did this for two years, out of the back of a brown Ford Pinto...Bass guitar, guitar, vocals and drum machine.
I think we covered about fifteen different states, and many Americans we met often just wanted to hear us talk!

When I came back to my home town of Liverpool, I got a "proper" job, but continued to play the pubs and clubs of the North West of England. During all this time, it never occurred to me to try and write my own songs.

The live gigging eventually fizzled out, and other life responsibilities fizzled in.
I eventually tried writing a song, with some humour, specifically about a local girl who ran a beauty parlour. I found I could remember it, and I actually quite liked it!
So, I wrote some more, and then some more, and then, I decided that I needed to record them.

A long uphill learning process followed. Splitting my time between writing and recording, I eventually got to a position where I had my first album recorded, digitally, at home (on a 16 track Korg D1600mk2, with various outboard equipment...). I mastered and burnt the album, then, through ignorance, accidentally destroyed the individual tracks!

Fortunately, I still had the master copy!

So, what you have here is unique! I poured out spirit, mental effort and as much of my experience as possible in that little studio, and to get these fifteen different tracks took about two years of spare time!

Some songs are heartfelt, like "Last Flight of the Innocent", "Cruel Mouth", and "What Matters Most". Others are light hearted reflections and experiences, like "Sleeping with Mussolini" and "Useless Youthful Hormones". In some, I get angry, like in "Pratt Police"
and "Lucky Thug". Others are probably love songs, like "All I'm Going to Do" and "That Upward Look".

My friends like it. So does my Mum. I hope you do, too.

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REVIEWS

good songs good music good lyrics...GOOD!
author: emily!
                            
very good c.d i heard all the songs first and liked them even then!and i no the meaning behind most of them. great. emzxx
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I love this CD - feel a very strong connection with some of the songs particular
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A great listen... This a pouring out of emotions.... not sad but very honest. Listen closely to all the lyrics they are brilliant!
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WHO SAID JOHN LENNON'S DEAD !!MERSEY BEAT REVIVAL!!
author: Danny "WARLORD" Kettle
                            
Sleeping with Mussolini is just the Best track ever it must of been a close personnel experience !!!!This CD has a great Feel good factor Well Done DAVE
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Excellent
author: Frank
                            
These songs are well written well mixed well played and have a real true feel to them both lyrically and musical sometimes reminiscent of a early era even nostalgic but often with a true meaning of what life's everyday living can bring to us,I am sure every listener will be able to relate to at least 4 or 5 of these tracks., He would have got 5 stars but I wasnt playing the guitar on it .,but hey ...he is a better musician than I will ever dream off.
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