Billy Nicholls - Forever's No Time At All (@320)

 

Billy Nicholls - Forever's No Time At All

Forever's No Time at All: The Anthology 1967-2004 Review by Bruce Eder.

The collected works of Billy Nicholls may well prove essential listening, not just for fans of the 1960 cult favorite -- whose entire Would You Believe album, complete with outtakes, is present on the first half of the first disc -- but also for admirers of Pete Townshend, who produced and recorded Nicholls during the 1970s. That work is also here, and if it isn't quite as ornate and flowery as Nicholls' '60s work, it also compares favorably with the music that the Who was putting out circa 1974. That's all augmented by tracks off of the previously released compilation Penumbra Moon, which is gorgeous in its own right as singer/songwriter-style material. The latest tracks here, dating from the 21st century, are not quite as pretty as some of what's come before, but the music is still valid, enjoyable rock in a somewhat heavier (or, more heavily produced) vein, more self-conscious in its approach but not without interest. He still writes great lyrics and melodies that if they're not wholly dazzling, dress up nicely. Anyone who owns Would You Believe will find a lot here to keep himself busy and happy.

Tracklist:

Disc 1:

 

1. Billy Nicholls - Would You Believe

2. Billy Nicholls - London Social Degree

3. Billy Nicholls - Being Happy

4. Billy Nicholls - Always on My Mind

5. Billy Nicholls - Daytime Girl

6. Billy Nicholls - Umbrella Song

7. Billy Nicholls - Come Again

8. Billy Nicholls - Happiness Song

9. Billy Nicholls - Girl from New York

10. Billy Nicholls - It Brings Me Down

11. Billy Nicholls - Gypsy

12. Billy Nicholls - Travellers Joy

13. Billy Nicholls - Stay Awhile

14. Billy Nicholls - Sometimes

15. Billy Nicholls - Kew

16. Billy Nicholls - Hopeless Helpless

17. Billy Nicholls - White Lightning

18. Billy Nicholls - This Song Is Green

19. Billy Nicholls - Forgive and Forget

20. Billy Nicholls - This Boy's in Love Again

21. Billy Nicholls - Heaven Come Quickly

22. Billy Nicholls - Forever's No Time at All

 

Disc 2:

 

1. Billy Nicholls - Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)

2. Billy Nicholls - Without Your Love

3. Billy Nicholls - Movie Made in Heaven

4. Billy Nicholls - Free the Children

5. Billy Nicholls - Dying Star

6. Billy Nicholls - Dancing Shoes

7. Billy Nicholls - Got It in One

8. Billy Nicholls - Under One Banner

9. Billy Nicholls - Penumbra Moon

10. Billy Nicholls - That Other Guy

11. Billy Nicholls - White City Lights

12. Billy Nicholls - Give Me Love

13. Billy Nicholls - Brown and Beige

14. Billy Nicholls - Warrior

15. Billy Nicholls - Reverie

16. Billy Nicholls - Velvet Rut

17. Billy Nicholls - Still Entwined

18. Billy Nicholls - There and Back Again

19. Billy Nicholls - Only a Passing Show

20. Billy Nicholls - Guardian Angel

21. Billy Nicholls - Memory Lane

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