Former Almighty vocalist
Ricky Warwick returns with the follow up to "Tattoos and Alibis", which marked his first solo album after fronting the Scottish band. Ricky's first solo album also introduced a whole new style of
Ricky Warwick focusing on acoustic driven US rock
"Love many Trust Few" is once again the album recorded in Def Leppard's Joe Elliot's studio and Joe Elliot also contributed with backing vocals.
Compared to the acoustic style on his Ricky's last album, "Love many Trust Few" has 2 sides to the album - namely an acoustic and an electric side. Overall Ricky has managed to make a more lively and diverse album.
Johnny or Elvis? is the best song on the album. It's based in traditional American rock written on an acoustic guitar. The song has RADIO hit written all over it. Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell really spices the song with great electric guitar which complements Ricky's acoustic perfectly. The rocking
I Don't Know What to Do also follows the songwriter tradition along with another album highlight
Learning to Fall - the last mentioned sounds very alike
Tom Petty with a killer chorus
The rock side is represented with
Even Now, the brilliant
Anybody Wanna Waste Some Time? and
Ain't Comin' Round, which has strong vocal harmonies.
Long Way Back to Nowhere is a simple chord rocker. However, Ricky's succeeds in keeping it simple providing
Long Way Back to Nowhere with a structure similar to last albums highlight
Can't Live with Maybe.
The albums mellow flirts with different styles.
Come Back Home to Me sounds inspired by the music originated in Warwicks's present permanent address, namely Ireland.
Rich Kids also takes you back to the Irish music with mandolin and fiddle.
Guilty is a folk country song with banjo.
Some songs have a tendency to become a bit too sleepy for a rock album.
New Neighbors Old Fences has a good chorus, but the stripped down arrangement with only Ricky's voice and an acoustic makes it dull. Same formula is used for
Cold September with only piano and acoustic guitar. The closing track
Sometimes Even Losers is a folk song with accordion and overall a few unexciting tracks drags down the overall impression of "Love many Trust Few".
The best mellow track is
Lonely Moon - something drags me to this song, since it has lots of emotion. Vivian fires off his best blues licks and Ricky's voice sounds fantastic. Definitely my favorite mellow track on the album.
Overall "Love Many Trust Few" is a bit better than Ricky's first album. However, sometimes you wish that Ricky would grab the dusty electric guitar out of his closet and blast out a song like
Jesus Loves You (But I Don't) or ballad with lots of power like
Bandaged Knees. Vivian Campbell also earns great honor in this album, since his guitar is very present and definitely adds extra layers rocky side of this album.
Highlights are mostly when Ricky rocks out like on
Johnny or Elvis? plus
Long Way Back to Nowhere but also
Learning to Fall and
Lonely Moon stands very strong.
Written by
Michael Sunday, August 28, 2005
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