Rumer – Boys Don’t Cry (Deluxe) (2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Rumer – Boys Don’t Cry (Deluxe) (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 55:55 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Atlantic Records UK

Boys Don’t Cry is the alluring sophomore album from British singer-songwriter Rumer. Her breakthrough debut, Seasons of My Soul, has sold over a million copies, establishing the vocalist as one of music’s rising stars. The evocative listen is packed with soft-rock covers from various male artists of the 1970s. Her sultry and soulful vocal stylings have engaged fans across the globe. In 2011, the singer won the MOJO Award for Best Breakthrough Act and the UK Asian Music Award for Best Alternative Act. On Boys Don’t Cry, the singer’s interpretative skills are simply unparalleled. The album includes Hayes’ “Soulsville,” Webb’s “P.F. Sloan,” Hall & Oates’ “Sara Smile” and much more. An essential recording that will have you on the edge of your seats!

Rumer’s sophomore effort, 2012’s Boys Don’t Cry, is a retro soft rock covers album that finds the vocalist tackling tracks by various male artists of the 1970s. As with her acclaimed 2010 debut, Seasons of My Soul, Boys Don’t Cry showcases Rumer’s gentle and sweetly soulful vocal style that is clearly perfectly suited to this material. In fact, for anyone already familiar with her, it almost goes without saying that Rumer sounds a lot like soft pop icon Karen Carpenter. However, rather than coming off as a copycat, Rumer always sounds like the real thing and seems like she has genuine respect and love for Carpenter and the rest of the soft singer/songwriter titans. She nailed Bread’s “Goodbye Girl” on Seasons for gosh sakes, and Boys Don’t Cry takes its cue from that cover and not the original material written in a retro style that made up most of Seasons. Here we get Rumer’s take on such laid-back cuts as Jimmy Webb’s “P.F. Sloan,” Todd Rundgren’s “Be Nice to Me,” and Hall & Oates’ “Sara Smile,” among others. Adding to the ’70s soft rock vibe is the lush orchestral production from Steve Brown, who was also responsible for the sound of Seasons. These are organic and rich-sounding tracks that frame Rumer’s voice in sparkling piano, cinematic bits of strings, rounded horn parts, the twang of the occasional pedal steel guitar, and even a poignant harmonica line, as on Townes Van Zandt’s “Flyin’ Shoes.” Kudos to Rumer for not just covering the most well-known cuts from the best-known ’70s artists, but also including such lesser-known numbers as Clifford T. Ward’s “Home Thoughts from Abroad” and Terry Reid’s “Brave Awakening”.

Tracklist:
01. Rumer – P.F. Sloan (04:10)
02. Rumer – Travelin’ Boy (03:20)
03. Rumer – Sara Smile (03:32)
04. Rumer – Be Nice To Me (03:27)
05. Rumer – The Same Old Tears On A New Background (02:49)
06. Rumer – Soulsville (03:46)
07. Rumer – Welcome Back (03:35)
08. Rumer – Flyin’ Shoes (04:05)
09. Rumer – Just For A Moment (02:39)
10. Rumer – It Could Be The First Day (02:27)
11. Rumer – Brave Awakening (04:11)
12. Rumer – A Man Needs A Maid (04:02)
13. Rumer – My Cricket (Bonus Track) (02:50)
14. Rumer – Home Thoughts From Abroad (Bonus Track) (03:27)
15. Rumer – We Will (Bonus Track) (04:00)
16. Rumer – Soul Rebel (Bonus Track) (03:31)

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