Gemma Hayes - The Roads Don't Love You

Title: The Roads Don't Love You Artist: Gemma Hayes Release Date: 11/15/2005 Re-Released On: 11/22/2005 Label: Source UK Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPC: 094634207027 Genre: Rock Styles: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock Moods: Intimate, Melancholy, Plaintive, Reflective, Restrained, Reverent, Searching, Somber Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Two Step
2. Another for the Darkness
3. Happy Sad
4. Easy on the Eye
5. Keep Me Here
6. Undercover
7. Nothing Can
8. Helen
9. Something in My Way
10. Horses
11. Tomorrow

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD Source UK 117

The Roads Don't Love You [EMI]

After a long bout of writer's block, Irish singer/songwriter Gemma Hayes finally returns with a second album that largely ignores the sound that made her debut so striking. Released in 2003, Night on My Side was a dream pop marvel that recalled Lisa Germano's powerful blend of folk-rock simplicity and art rock sonic experimentation, but perhaps producer Dave Fridmann's fingerprints were too much evident on the My Bloody Valentine-meets-Grandaddy feel of the album. The Roads Don't Love You is co-produced by Hayes and Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M., etc.) and has a much more mainstream, almost slick pop sound, helped along by session pros like Jellyfish's Roger Manning (who also co-wrote first single "Undercover"), guitarists Smokey Hormel (Tom Waits) and Josh Klinghoffer (PJ Harvey), and -- ironically enough -- Lisa Germano herself on violin. Hayes' songs are uniformly strong, particularly the terrific pop/rocker "Happy Sad," but the commercially minded production has little of the spooky, atmospheric charm of her debut. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Name Credits Cedric Lemoyne Bass Gemma Hayes Keyboards, Vocals, Guitar, Machines, Guitar (Electric), Marimba, Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Piano Greg Calbi Mastering Joey Waronker Drums, Vocals, Drum Programming, Percussion, Keyboards, Producer John Paterno Engineer Josh Klinghoffer Guitar (Electric), Sitar (Electric), Vocals (Background), Guitar (Electric Baritone) Justin Meldal-Johnsen Vocals (Background), Bass Keith Gary Pro-Tools, Mixing Assistant Lisa Germano Violin Michael Brauer Mixing Nigel Godrich Mixing Robert Carranza Mixing, Engineer Roger Joseph Manning Jr. Vocals (Background), Keyboards Smokey Hormel Guitar (Acoustic) Steven Rhodes Engineer William Paden Hensley Mixing Assistant Zac Rae Keyboards