The Heart's Temple Choir

by James Correa

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1.	The Morning Bell 03:47	lyrics	buy track
THE MORNING BELL Something happens when I’m sleeping I dream I spend myself cleaning old cobwebs from the ceiling And it get’s stranger after the morning bell I used to wake up with the morning When I’d hear the bell tolling Now I roll over with a sigh And I sleep on through the morning bell Good morning! Pull me from my bed with a slap across my head I’m decomposing with a sadness frozen on my face I walk the city every night I wander aimlessly ‘til first light Then I roll up drunk on a park bench And I fail to react to the morning bell Good morning
2.	This Heart's On Fire 03:52		buy track
3.	Tragedy 05:37		buy track
4.	No Kind Of World 04:20		buy track
5.	Sing For Your Supper 04:26		buy track
6.	Bring It Down 04:48		buy track
7.	Juliet 04:40		buy track
8.	Crybaby 05:12		buy track
9.	Don't Go Back 04:18		buy track
10.	A Fountain Full Of Coins 04:18		buy track

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***1/2
It’s clear from the room-filling sprawl of opening track The Morning Bell that Montreal’s Correa is more than holding his own in front of the song’s full-bodied support from vocalists and horns. His new disc continues on its assured and absorbing path, completely avoiding the sleepy singer-songwriter syndrome that strikes so many of his peers by going all over the stylistic map. While soul seems to be his Rosetta stone, Correa also visits mandolin-driven pop (This Heart’s on Fire, which is reminiscent of ’70s-era Kinks), a touch of New Romantic dreaminess (Juliet) and a George Harrison-style ballad (No Kind of World). Best of all is the gospel-shaded Bring It Down, showcasing the singer’s strong falsetto. This is the sound of a heart beating, not a machine bleating.
-Bernard Perusse, Montreal Gazette

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released October 22, 2011

All songs written by James Correa
Produced and engineered by Pascal Dufour
Mixed by Marc Bell
Additional engineering by Fred Bouchard

James Correa: vocals, guitars, mandolin, banjo, keys, percs.
Jipe Dalpe: trumpets
Mark Diclaudio: drums, percs, vox
Pascal Dufour: guitars, percs, mandolin, vox
Alex Lapointe: bass
Martin Perrault: guitars, vox
Cozmos Quazar: keys

with special guests:
Lily Lanken: vox on "No Kind Of World"
Jason Bajada: vox on `This Heart's On Fire"

Cover Photo by Patrizia Castiglione

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