On her third album Ballad Of The Broken Sea from 2006, Scottish singer and cellist Isobel Campbell found a partner in American rock singer Mark Lanegan, who provided her romantic music with a pleasant dark edge with his rough voice. With Campbell's drawling girl voice in contrast with Lanegan's dark hum, a playful 'beauty and the beast' effect was created at the same time. Successor Sunday At Devil
… Dirt is more like a moody solo album by Lanegan. He dominates the songs with his vocals, while Campbell usually limits himself to a little hum or a sporadic verse. Lanegan also asserts itself musically; acoustic and orchestral blues and folk dominate Sunday At Devil Dirt. The balanced and atmospheric arrangements are, like the production, again by Campbell. It results in a special record, who can especially rank among the better contributions of the extremely active Lanegan. (MR)more