To me the song is about loving someone so much, that you wouldn’t have changed ANYTHING about the relationship, that you would “do it all again”, no regrets. When speaking of the video: “We agreed that the song had a sad beginning, a hopeful middle and a sad ending”. (843) Corinne Bailey Rae – I’d Do It All Again (official video) – YouTube The accompanying video shows her doing normal things such as getting out of bed, getting dressed to go shopping, walking through a dimly lit subway. This was her first single in three years since the release of her first CD. As she mentioned above the tuberose flowers evoke that feeling of love and are what inspired the song. In it’s slow parts, it feels like it shows her tender, delicate side. Then the chorus starts and it sort of transports us to another level. I love the way it starts with the acoustic guitar and her smooth vocals. I went into a florists one day and saw this massive bunch of tuberose flowers and the smell just blew me away like that feeling of love does and I was overwhelmed and wrote that song about how I felt.” Visuals are evoked of him laying her down in a garden of roses, and don’t forget, “wait till you see those eyes”.īailey Rae told The Sun Novemabout this haunting lost-love piece: “It’s quite an erotic song, a big love song about the intoxicating feeling of love. When thought of in terms of having just lost her husband, when she keeps asking “are you here”, perhaps she still feels his presence. It speaks of how someone she’s in love with can make her feel sixteen.

To me, this is a simple love song, perhaps even a fantasy. Here is my track preference list for “The Sea”: Rank I encourage the reader to play the CD while reading my track-by-track reviews. Especially when you are the one writing the lyrics, figuring out the musical backings, and having to star in music videos for promotional purposes. I still wonder why artists wait four, five years or more in between records, but I imagine it takes a lot of work and energy to produce. I was really looking forward to this sophomore release when it came out. Bailey Rae supported the album with a concert tour in early 2010. A critical success, The Sea received mostly positive reviews and was nominated for the 2010 Mercury Prize. It also charted at number seven on the Billboard 200 in the United States, where it had sold 156,000 copies by April 2010. The Sea debuted at number five on the UK Albums Chart and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It features songs written by Bailey Rae before and after her husband’s death, touching on themes of love, lament and solace. This is Corinne Bailey Rae’s second studio album and was released on January 20th, 2010, some four years after her first self-titled smash hit record.

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