![]() ![]() ![]() Then again, as Good Feeling demonstrates, while Carrack is an adaptable singer and player – he’d probably be as at home on a Wiley recording as a Van Morrison one – he shows very little interest in adapting to today’s pop world.Ī chart tart Carrack is not. ![]() King.Īll of this may or may not go some way to explain why Carrack, now in his early 60s, has not exactly devastated the charts on a regular basis. He’s also a respected keyboard player, and must be the only person to have recorded sessions for The Smiths, Roxy Music and B.B. Perhaps this is because his three most popular songs didn’t come out under his own name – namely Ace’s fantastic 1970s pub-soul single How Long, Squeeze’s superb Tempted, on which Carrack delivers a great guest appearance, and his multinational mega-hit appearance on Mike + The Mechanics’ The Living Years. Despite his success over the years and vocal prominence on some extraordinary hits, he’s nowhere near as well-known as he might be. Paul Carrack is a figure in popular music more akin to Woody Allen’s Zelig than several of his limelight-groping contemporaries. ![]()
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