--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Bryan" <munki100@p...> wrote:

> Also, I'm interested in
> that album by John Howard -- called 'Kid In A Big World'--
> anyone already have that one? It's supposed to be a lost classic
> or something, was a top 20 pick of Uncut mag's top reissues
> of '04, for what it's worth. He's supposed to sound like early
> Elton John & Hunky Dory era Bowie. Released in 1974.
>
> Bryan

I have 'Kid In A Big World'; I hear where people are coming from with the
Bowie comparison, but I don't hear anything more than a specious resemblance
to Elton.  It certainly is a very "70s British singer/songwriter" album,
kinda peppy and show-bizzy in places.  If anything Deram-era Bowie
comparisons would be more apropos.

Good stuff, but actually '03, not '04.  However, there is a 2004 John Howard
reissue CD on RPM called Technicolour Biography, which is essentially made
up of unfinished tracks that were ultimately to make up a proposed second
album.  It's a bit different from 'Kid' in that the productions are much
more minamalist and quite pretty, with fine songwriting.

The album made #27 on my Top Reissue-Proper Album list of 2004.  Gee Bryan,
I'm surprised you didn't notice that!  :-)
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