Monday 4 April 2011

Eleven - Awake In A Dream (1992)

You can tell by the album title it's something whimsical, and you'd be right. This LA trio have a poor band name, but musically it's all quite floaty and nice and light, with a lot of soul and that sugary tinge which made Enuff Z Nuff so bloody great. Eleven aren't bloody great but they do provide the listener with enough sunshine to keep even the most glum of hearts warm. Extremely smooth going, the ears will be caressed for long after the and the honey tones of Alain Johannes will soak into the soul at ease. I'm not hearing Lenny Kravitz here but it does have that style of lazy, cool sway, in fact this album could have been a minor success with the right promotion, but alas, it was not to be Eleven, and so Eleven skip away into the heart of the chocolate forest contented in the fact they've made a few people smile.

7/10

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