Reviews, Interviews, News, Commentaries, Glimpses of God, Best-Of ListsCharlie Peacock: No Man's Land
Style: Folk-pop; compare to The Avett Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Norah Jones
Top tracks: "Death Trap," "Mystic," "Kite in a Tree"
On his first album release in 13 years, Charlie Peacock sings, but his voice is not the highlight; Peacock is an inveterate producer. After helping bring Amy Grant, Switchfoot, and The Civil Wars fame over these last three respective decades from his producer's chair, his latest solo release is loaded with his own hooks and ultra-high production values. As crisp as an autumn album can get, Peacock's pop sensibility combines with church-friendly lyrics to create a timeless folk sound. Singing, "If belief is just a construct, my own little thumb suck / Then I'm a kite in a tree," Peacock accepts that he's stuck in his own world—but he sure does sound good up there.
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Michael Ehret
First Peacock release in 13 years and it warrants only a paragraph of "review lite"? Will never understand how CT determines who gets the bigger reviews and who doesn't. Let alone an article. Don't get me wrong, Ron and CT--what you said is not untrue or unhelpful or un-anything. It's just not enough given the circumstance. One of the architects, silent for 13 years (yes, I know he produced for others--not the same), has returned and, as Clay noted, there's some challenging stuff here.
Clay Anderson
Would have loved a little more on this album, and I'm a bit curious if the reviewer even listened to the whole thing. In particular, I was tickled by the line "church-friendly lyrics" in an album that contains at least three instances of mild profanities. Also, "Til My Body Comes Undone" and "Only You Can" seem the most powerful tracks on the disc, and neither receive mention here. The latter offers the challenging line: "Is there no great God in heaven, watching the drama go down? I used to trust there was, now I wonder where He is." Seems such a sentiment from Charlie would be worthy of note.