Ed Harcourt | 'STRANGERS' IN LOVE Harcourt, is he or isn't he?
'STRANGERS' IN LOVE Harcourt, is he or isn't he?
Music Review

Strangers (2005)

Ed Harcourt
Reviewed by Nancy Miller | Jan 31, 2005

Details Release Date: Feb 21, 2005; Lead Performance: Ed Harcourt

Rumor has it that the maestro of maudlin has found true love, which may explain this slap-happy hodgepodge of an album. Ed Harcourt veers from the guitar-grinding opener, ''The Storm Is Coming,'' to twang (''This One's for You'') to the electro-cutesy toodlings of the title track Strangers. But he saves his best stuff for the end: ''Open Book'' is just Harcourt at his piano, rasping his heartache so close to your ear you can smell the Scotch on his breath.

Originally posted Jan 31, 2005 Published in issue #804-805 Feb 04, 2005 Order article reprints

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