Sunday, January 29, 2023

Si Cranstoun - Modern Life (Deluxe Version) / Poems Unlocked

Album: Modern Life (Deluxe Version)
Size: 117.3 MB
Time: 49:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: R&B, Soul, Rock
Art: Front

01. Caught In The Moonlight (3:23)
02. Dance For Evermore (3:22)
03. Shout Out (2:46)
04. Never Gonna Let You Go (3:20)
05. Gods Of Love (2:34)
06. Modern Life (2:44)
07. Being With You (2:57)
08. Tick Tock (2:45)
09. Cry Me A Smile (3:24)
10. Monica (3:36)
11. Inner Demons (2:55)
12. Like It Like That (2:47)
13. Twisting The Night Away (2:59)
14. Build Me Up Buttercup (3:17)
15. Coupe De Ville (3:01)
16. Rise And Shine (3:14)
17. Dance For Evermore.mp4
18. Introducing Si Cranstoun.mp4

Modern Life (Deluxe Version) MP3
Modern Life (Deluxe Version) FLAC

Album: Poems Unlocked
Size: 123.3 MB
Time: 52:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: R&B, Soul, Rock
Art: Front

01. Closeness (5:20)
02. Shining Lights (4:51)
03. Hunker Down (3:37)
04. Mojo (3:27)
05. Tears Of The Broken Hearted (4:47)
06. Howling Hounds (3:53)
07. Rainbow Parade (3:57)
08. Rescuers (3:28)
09. Overcome (5:33)
10. Daisy Duke (3:38)
11. Colour Blind (2:10)
12. Wash Out (3:35)
13. Rambling (4:28)

Busker Si Cranstoun pounded the pavement for 20 years before being literally signed up on the spot by a Warner executive who discovered him performing in the street. Born and raised in Caterham, Surrey, the son of a music promoter, he and his brother Tyber grew up with the sounds of reggae and ska, and as children wrote and performed their own songs for their parents. After graduating from London's prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the brothers formed their own ska band, the Dualers, in 1999.

Starting as a duo before expanding to a full-band lineup, they performed on the streets for several years and toured heavily, eventually building enough of a fan base that their debut single, "Kiss on the Lips," released in 2004, went to number 21 in the U.K. chart. A second single, "Truly Madly Deeply," was released the following year and went to number 23; it was later used on the soundtrack of the romantic adventure film Fool's Gold, starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson. The Dualers self-released more than ten albums and toured the U.K. in support of the Blockheads.

Alongside his work in the band, Cranstoun also performed solo; he was once given 30p by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and even met his future wife while busking on the streets of Croydon. He eventually left the Dualers in 2010 to focus on a solo career, with material heavily influenced by rockabilly, doo wop, and American R&B singers of the '50s and '60s. He self-released several solo albums, building a loyal following among fans of the "vintage" music scene, before being spotted in 2013 by a Warner executive and signed to a million-pound record deal. Dubbed "the new Jackie Wilson," he was booked to play in Las Vegas with Little Richard, and his major-label debut album, Modern Life, dropped in October 2014, peaking at number 30 in the U.K. album chart. ~John D. Buchanan

Poems Unlocked MP3
Poems Unlocked FLAC

6 comments:

frankie said...

Bluestender you're a "diamond" many thanks for Modern Life and the (so different)Poems Unlocked :)

daba said...

@BT Yo da Man! Did not have any of his Solo or Dualers catalog. :)

Bluestender said...

@Frankie & Daba

Sorry if I took too long to answer to your request. I don't pay much attention if requests in basement were fulfilled or not. Just saw your insistence in CBox.

To both, thanks for all your comments in my posts. As you know, I'm lazy, lol

frankie said...

Well as they say "don't ask don't get" :)

gilles said...

Many thanks BT. Great musician and great entertainer

Carlos Romero said...

Thanks! Si is great!