Wood James Maddock - Songs From Stamford Hill ( AUDIO CD )

Springsteen, Dylan and Americana fans will find nothing unauthentic about James Maddock's brand of singer-songwriter music from Leicester, England which goes by the brand name, Wood. The verse to the opener "Stay You, " is Boss-ified, while "Whole Lot To Think About" is a country-Neil Young moment (Maddock must've heard "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" a time or two). With his influences on the sleeve of his peasant shirt, Maddock's dreamy, gentle songs sound familiar-it's impossible not to imagine his musings as outtakes from the Jackson Browne/Eagles songbooks. And that's the problem: Wood's best songs ("Straight Line" has a Fleetwood Mac/"Landslide"-feel; "Knock on the Head" could be an inverted "Going to California" ) sound like retreads of others'-and those are only the first four! Ultimately, Maddock will have to invent something he can claim as his own, but for now he's picked a primo crop to emulate.

CONDITION: NEW, Punched UPC

TRACK LISTING

1 Stay You Wood 3:47
2 Straight Lines Wood 2:56
3 Whole Lot To Think About Wood 4:26
4 Knock It On The Head Wood 3:45
5 I Only Came For You Wood 3:01
6 Let Me Fall Wood 4:38
7 You Said The Words Wood 3:25
8 Could I Be (Radio Edit) Wood 4:45
9 Our Time Has Come Wood 6:08
10 You Make Me Feel Bad Wood 4:07
11 Man On Fire Wood 3:36
12 Never Ending Wood 3:49
13 Ending Wood 2:02