Russell Crowe has continued to release information via his official Twitter account about the new soon to be released album 'The Musical' with Alan Doyle and friends from the Indoor Garden Party concerts including Scott Grimes, Samantha Barks and Carl Falk. I wrote another post last month titled 'Russell Crowe, Alan Doyle And 'The Musical' Album…Part one.' that was published when Russell Crowe started releasing information about his new collaboration.
On Twitter Russell has provided a list of the songs and some snippets to tease the fans just a little bit. Like many fans I can't wait for this album to eventually be released. I have kept a copy of some of Russell's posts that he has shared with fans on his official Twitter account for my own interest.
I found another great review about his previous collaboration with Alan Doyle and Danielle Spencer titled 'Crowe and Doyle Songbook Vol.111' written by long-time fan Bryan Kremkau and published on the online music webpage readjunk.com on the 2 October, 2011. I have copied the review below for those interested fans. As always no copyright infringement intended.
I have also circulated some official videos from the South Sydney Media YouTube site of the Indoor Garden Party in St. John's, Newfoundland in 2011 on my Google + page for those interested a few weeks ago.
Upon reflection I agree with the author of this review that the fabulous, very talented and absolutely gorgeous Danielle Spencer should have received a lot more recognition for her contribution to this collaboration and album.
These tweets are from official accounts of Russell Crowe, Alan Doyle and Samantha Barks. No copyright infringement intended.
“Crowe and Doyle Songbook Vol.111” written by long-time fan Bryan Kremkau and published on the online music webpage readjunk.com on the 2 October, 2011.
“Actor Russell Crowe and Alan Doyle of Great Big Sea have been friends and collaborators for awhile. Both have written songs for each other’s bands and Alan and Russell co-starred together in Robin Hood in 2010. Now they have an album out together called Crowe and Doyle Songbook Vol. III. The album features 9 tracks and then the acoustic demo versions of those tracks immediately following those 9 tracks.
As much as Russell Crowe’s name is on this album, his wife Danielle Spencer’s name should have been included as well. She and Alan Doyle sing duet for the most part, with Russell singing backup or secondary vocals. Doyle’s vocals are more distinguished or noticeable so maybe that’s why I think I hear him more than Crowe?
“Too Far Gone” opens up the album nicely and I really like the folk rock-iness of the songs. “Love Is Impossible” is more upbeat in the chorus and one of the stand-outs I think. “Perfect In Your Eyes” is another upbeat rock song that I really enjoyed. I like the added touch of some keyboards in there as well. “The Killing” is perhaps my favorite track because it’s got an old Americana, country-western feel to it. It feels like Russell wrote this one on the set of 3:10 to Yuma, if he even did write this. But that’s the sense I get when hearing this one. It’s strange to say that I like something that Russell Crowe has done musically but this album is very solid. Usually when I think of Crowe and music, I can’t help but think of South Park’s “Fightin’ Around The World” song spoof on him. While Crowe is heard and playing in the group, this album really belongs to Alan Doyle and Danielle Spencer. I’m looking forward to more albums like this.
Bottom Line: An interesting but effective collaboration between Crowe, Doyle, and Spencer. Notable Tracks: Too Far Gone, Love Is Impossible, Perfect in Your Eyes, The Killing
