Editorial Reviews
Music Review:
Music Review
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Feng Shui: Music for the Complete Relaxation [Import]
Headlines and Deadlines - The Hits of A-HA [Import]
About the Artist
By Divine Right is the love child of songwriter Jose Miguel Contreras, who has virtually lived in the studio recording the songs that has won the loyal following of just about every rock band and music critic north of the 49th parallel; notably 1997’s indie rock masterpiece All Hail Discordia and 1999’s beautiful Bless This Mess. The latter spawned the infectious Canadian Top 20 single Come for a Ride, which received massive play on modern and mainstream rock stations, and the video was in serious high rotation on Much Music... not bad for a bunch of earthy slackers. Good Morning Beautiful is a love letter to the universe, a crazy voyage of melody and charm, harmony and cacophony. The album took 14 months to make, each track a finely crafted and catchy song; something fans have come to expect from By Divine Right. From the "dream one-song parade" of Hugger of Trees and the Lou Reed/Motown influenced Sweet Lovin’ to the scrappy Medicine and Supernatural, Good Morning Beautiful is their most luminous and visionary achievement, transcending genres, and yet embodying the highest spirit and elation of rock and roll music. Back To You, which was co-written by Jose and Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip was the next single release, followed by Soul Explosion, which garnered serious video rotation at MuchMusic and was close to Top 50 radio.
Album Description
Good Morning Beautiful, By Divine Right’s new album on start up Warner distributed label Linus Entertainmentwas produced by Jose, Joao Carvalho and J. Andrew Magoffin and recorded at Umbrella Sound in Toronto and The House of Miracles in London. The first single, Supernatural, was remixed by Mike Plotnikoff and is a gutsy, guitar driven odyssey of rockness. Three videos from this album were produced - Supernatural, Soul Explosion, and Hugger of Trees.