Therapy (James Whild Lea album)
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| Studio album by James Whild Lea | ||||
| Released | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Rock, Pop | |||
| Length | 55:57 | |||
| Label | Jim Jam Records | |||
| Producer | Jim Lea | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Bubblegum Slut | favorable |
| Word Magazine | favorable |
| Classic Rock |   |
| Trucking Magazine | favorable |
| Subba-Cultcha | |
Therapy is the 2007 debut album from English musician Jim Lea, best known as songwriter, producer, bassist and multi-instrumentalist for the rock group Slade.
Therapy is Lea's first full album of solo material although he has released other material under various pseudonyms since the early 1980s. Since Slade's split in 1992, Lea released a few singles of new material, as well as the 1992 album A Day in the Life of The Dummies, which collected early 1980s recordings from Lea's side-project band The Dummies.
In 2007, Lea re-emerged with Therapy - an album written, produced and recorded by Lea. The album's artwork features a 1976 sepia drawing of Lea. On his official website, Lea stated: "I was never a naturally public figure, but now I am re-emerging as an artist in my own right, mostly free from the restrictions of the industry. There will be more to come soon, but for now make the journey, step on the train, and get some Therapy." He also stated a reason for the website, "The reason I have adopted this website approach, for now at least, is that every time I have spoken to a record company about putting my music out there, it always seems to be inexorably linked with touring, which is a great consumer of time, energy and of course money, in other words, a great obstacle."
The album was received well by Slade fans and critics. The album was not promoted and no singles were released from the album, although the opening track "Heaven Can Wait" appeared on a magazine promotional CD titled "Now Hear This! 54".
Since the album's release, Lea has announced his future music plans which include the "String Theory" project and a future pop-themed album.
The opening track "Heaven Can Wait" was rated eight at the time on the cover mount from the Word magazine with the following message: "They used to call him Jim Lea when he wielded the bass, sharing the songwriting credits and got most of the girls in the mirror-hatted heyday of Slade. Since then he has only rarely been seen outside his home in the Midlands and has dedicated himself to know as much about the workings of the human mind as possible. In the years since he left Slade he has played only two shows, both benefits."
The song "Big Family" was originally recorded in 2000 by Belgian boy-band Mama's Jasje under the title "Samen Door Het Vuur". The following year, Mama's Jasje released a cover of Slade's 1987 song "Still the Same" which reached the Top 5 in Belgium.
"Dead Rock U.K." references numerous musicians, mainly from the 1970s, including Marc Bolan, Freddie Mercury, Phil Lynott, John Lennon and John Bonham. During Lea's 2002 live performance at the Robin, he revealed that "Go Out in Style" was written about Keith Moon, the drummer of the English rock group The Who.
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