The Story
William MacArthur "Billy" MacKenzie was a Scottish singer, with a distinctive high tenor voice; he was best known as a member of The Associates.
"It remains a cruel irony that MacKenzie's most coherent solo work, Beyond The Sun, was completed posthumously, following his suicide in January 1997. The record had a troubled genesis, and arguments remain about who did what, but it remains an elegant, powerful work, which balances MacKenzie's easy command of the heartbroken ballad and his need to experiment. There is a sense of gloom, never more than on the title track, with its funereal piano, and a whispered vocal in which the singer gazes into a glorious, impossible future." - Uncut
Tracklist:
- Give Me Time
- Winter Academy
- Blue It Is
- 14 Mirrors
- At The Edge Of The World
- Beyond The Sun
- And This She Knows
- Sour Jewel
- Gypsies In A Restaurant
- Nocturne VII
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William MacArthur "Billy" MacKenzie was a Scottish singer, with a distinctive high tenor voice; he was best known as a member of The Associates.
"It remains a cruel irony that MacKenzie's most coherent solo work, Beyond The Sun, was completed posthumously, following his suicide in January 1997. The record had a troubled genesis, and arguments remain about who did what, but it remains an elegant, powerful work, which balances MacKenzie's easy command of the heartbroken ballad and his need to experiment. There is a sense of gloom, never more than on the title track, with its funereal piano, and a whispered vocal in which the singer gazes into a glorious, impossible future." - Uncut
Tracklist:
- Give Me Time
- Winter Academy
- Blue It Is
- 14 Mirrors
- At The Edge Of The World
- Beyond The Sun
- And This She Knows
- Sour Jewel
- Gypsies In A Restaurant
- Nocturne VII
