Till Brönner - At The End Of The Day (2010) flac

Tracklist:

[3:39] 01. Till Brönner - And I Love Her
[4:22] 02. Till Brönner - After You've Gone
[3:35] 03. Till Brönner - Human
[2:37] 04. Till Brönner - I'm Through With Love
[3:24] 05. Till Brönner - Summer Breeze
[3:15] 06. Till Brönner - We Said It All
[3:08] 07. Till Brönner - Your Life
[3:40] 08. Till Brönner - I'm Only Human
[4:38] 09. Till Brönner - Space Oddity
[5:04] 10. Till Brönner - If I Saw You Tomorrow
[3:07] 11. Till Brönner - I Wanna Be Around
[3:55] 12. Till Brönner - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
[4:57] 13. Till Brönner - Air

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
Total length: 00:49:12
Main artist: Till Brönner
Composer: Various Composers
Label: UMI Jazz Germany
Genre: Jazz
© 2010 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
℗ 2010 Till Brönner

At the End of the Day is an album of light jazz covers of rock songs, which turned out to be a fun idea on the surface, but with little depth beneath. To Till Brönner's credit, he tried to push the envelope quite a bit at the track selection stage -- if the Beatles are an expected selection, and Bowie more or less so too, the Killers are a potentially exciting choice, and the addition of sexy goth metal kings Type O Negative -- who contribute "Summer Breeze" -- sounds like a one-way ticket to postmodern joy land. The thing is, however, all the picks really lend themselves well to pop-jazz renditions with all the required attributes -- sentimental crooning (competent, but appropriately tame), midtempo rhythms, background strings, and sweet, lulling melodies. Brönner throws in some trumpet, of course -- that's his thing -- but this only boosts the '80s ballad vibe of the record. At the End of the Day would be a welcome soundtrack for a trip to a nice restaurant -- a godsend if you're on a date -- but musically, it's not nearly as challenging as the track list would lead you to believe. Chances are, those unaware of the album being a set of covers would never realize that, taking it simply for nice background music -- as cohesive as Muzak is supposed to be, and with little in the way of oddities, space or otherwise. It's still a great record in its own weight class -- soft, laconic, unobtrusive, and pleasant, possibly even beautiful. But it fails to escape the ultimate pitfall of cover albums -- the music is nice, but you still get the urge to listen to the originals if you recognize any.
© Alexey Eremenko /TiVo


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