My Beauty (Cherry Red Records)
The album you needed but didn’t know existed. Originally released in 1999, this was the
Dexys Midnight Runners frontman’s second solo release.
My Beauty regrettably slipped under the radar the first time round. But, like a good wine it has aged gracefully, and is without compromise a masterpiece. Made up of cover versions – “The Long And Winding Road”, “This Guy’s In Love With You”, Mister Rowland rewrote some of the lyrics to reflect his then life struggles. This in turn gave
My Beauty a very personal atmosphere. The songs are performed with a majestic, blue collar soul, and as a reissue this year it appeared on vinyl for the first time. Along with this, the excluded cover of