Track Listing

1. Deep and Wide and Tall
2. How Men Are
3. Everybody Is a Number One
4. More Than a Law
5. Somewhere in My Heart
6. Working in a Goldmine
7. One and One
8. Paradise
9. Killermont Street
10. Stray
11. Crying Scene
12. Get Outta London
13. Over My Head
14. Good Morning Britain
15. How It Is
16. Gentle Kind
17. Notting Hill Blues
18. Song for a Friend

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #230203 in Music
• Released on: 2005-01-18
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

"In a Sentimental Mood"
I was actually looking to review Stray, but it was not available; Love is a good album, but I thought a bit too commercial, whilst Stray to me is an outstanding piece of work:
I love all the tracks, the title track (Stray) is so sensitive & gentle, & "song for a friend" is almost like a reprise.
"Good Morning Britain" i guess does sound a little dated, but the collaboration with Mick Jones was a treat for me as an old skool Clash fan. The songs are all politically & socially aware, interspersed with shameless romance - "The Gentle Kind" being the best & "over my head" showing Roddy's extensive skill as a musician - "Notting Hill Blues" sounding like the sequel to this track. "The Crying Scene" & "How it is" both have a similar sound but I like the melodic energy sound that Roddy does so well. Finally, maybe a sequel to "Good Morning Britain" - "Get Outta London" - a well put-together album with an important message!

Roddy Frame At His Peak
These are two of the most disparate albums Aztec Camera ever made: Love is a superslick 80s pop and r&b record so neticulously produced it gleams, whereas Stray is a stripped down affair with a bigger rock sound and even a duet with Mick Jones of the Clash. But Frame's outstanding songwriting and his inventive, lush melodies form a common thread linking these two very different records. Stray in particularly contains two of Frame's best songs, the title cut and the Wes Montgomery tribute "Over My Head."