Raul Malo
Sinners & Saints
Release Date: Oct 5, 2010
Genre(s): Country, Americana, Pop/Rock
Record label: Fantasy
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Album Review: Sinners & Saints by Raul Malo
Great, Based on 3 Critics
Based on rating 8/10
Raul Malo has a big voice, the kind that gets him compared to Roy Orbison and opera singers. His clear tenor instrument has won him many admirers, especially the distaff kind. I caught him perform at one show in Austin where the late Governor Ann Richards, model Jerry Hall, and singer Rachel Fuller all squealed like schoolgirls in delight at his manly vocalizations.
Based on rating 7/10
Raul Malo pushed himself with Sinners & Saints. He wrote five of the disc's nine tracks and included four covers that fit into his plan. He demoed them at his home studio in Nashville on electric guitar. He then took them to Bismeux Studio in Austin, TX. He played numerous instruments himself and ….
Opinion: Excellent
He manages to make downer sentiments sound rather cheerful. Martin Longley 2011 On the opening title-track from this former Maverick's latest disc, it takes Malo two minutes before he opens his mouth to sing. It's a grand entrance, heralded by a rush of retro-kitsch Mariachi surf music, which just about sums up where the artist is at, nowadays. Lip-splitting trumpet, Farfisa-oid organ trots, and a skipping beat presage the high drama of Malo's entrance.
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