Life Is People

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AlbumAug 21 / 201213 songs, 57m 20s
Singer-Songwriter
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8.0 / 10

The cult singer-songwriter's first proper album in 40 years proves that his beloved early recordings were no fluke. Jeff Tweedy guests on this expert singer-songwriter album, which is as dependent upon keen insight as it is upon meticulous arrangement.

9 / 10

Fay’s most open-handed offering, re-presenting this profound artist to a post-everything audience.

Perhaps all these years later he will finally get the credit he deserves.

Life Is People is Bill Fay's first non-retrospectively released album since 1981.

6.5 / 10

English singer-songwriter Bill Fay's first album for 41 years possesses a gentle charm, says <strong>Ally Carnwath</strong>

7 / 10

Fay is still in fine voice, singing stately, hymnal songs imbued with a kind of cosmic and religious rapture, writes <strong>Tom Hughes</strong>

80 %

Bill Fay’s extraordinary album Life is People unfolds with the assurance of an old master still burning with the desire to tell his tales, writes Neil McCormick.

9 / 10

Beautifully measured return to the studio from this humble master of English song...