I seem to be too young to remember the first albums of Chicane, as I read on some forum thread, in 2009 he was told to 'no more produce the same quality albums', but I was surprised to find some hits I know very well are created by him
like 'Don't give up'
or 'Low sun'
or 'No ordinary morning'
on the other hand, they weren't the reason I came. It was 'Running to the sea' from the latest album.
While getting to know Chicane closer, I discovered a strange trend - only a couple of songs in each album were exceptionally impressive, the rest were only average. Among those were some really good, but the repetitive style got me bored very quick.
Some were reminiscent of the era, like 'Some might say' which sounds almost Daft-Punkish
But in the end, my favourites would be those creating a mystical, ethereal environment, especially magical inside of the fresh June verdure.
'Saltwater', based on Clannad's 'Theme from Harry's Game' which I have already heard on a bootleg CD with songs supposedly by Enya while they actually weren't...
and 'Windbreaks'. These require no comment, I swear.
