Every album has its day
Do you ever buy an item of clothing then get it home, decide you don’t like it, keep it in your wardrobe, until a year or two later when you suddenly take it out, and for no reason whatsoever, it suddenly becomes one of your favourites?
Don’t worry - this isn’t turning into a fashion blog. But, exactly the same has just happened to me with Bob Scheider’s I’m Good Now [Amazon]. Can’t remember who recommended it to me, but it’s never really found a place in my life. Then all of a sudden, the iPod is on random play and up pops ‘God Is My Friend’ and I (and my 10 month old daughter) absolutely love it. And for some reason it’s proved the perfect background album for the bank holiday weekend.
I think on first listen it was just a little too straightforward semi-acoustic singer songwriter stuff. But, you know what - this weekend, I just fancied a bit of straightforward singer songwriter stuff.