After releasing two albums of soft, understated folk-pop aimed squarely at the Gray’s Anatomy crowd, Joshua Radin loosens the reins on The Rock and the Tide, an album that features several upbeat rock songs scattered across an otherwise intimate track list.
“I’m starting over, so here we go,” he sings on “Here We Go,” his soft voice boosted by electric guitars, synthesizers, and a lush alternative rock arrangement.
Most of the punchy numbers are located at the beginning of the album, and it’s only during the homestretch that Radin reverts to the hushed, soft-spun acoustic numbers that filled his earlier albums.
It’s not that Radin sounds bad when he turns down the volume; he just sounds anonymous, with neither the vocal power nor the songwriting prowess to turn his ballads into something unique.
The peppier material suits him best on this album, where songs like “Road to Ride On” and “Streetlight” contrast his affable croon (which never seems to rise above a speaking-voice decibel, almost as though Radin is afraid of waking the neighbors) with washes of instruments that are more than happy to make up for the lack in volume.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Road to Ride OnJoshua Radin, Martin Terefe | Joshua Radin | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 2 | StreetlightJoshua Radin | Joshua Radin | Play | 03:29 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 3 | Here We GoJesse Harris, Joshua Radin | Joshua Radin | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 4 | We Are Only Getting BetterJesse Harris, Joshua Radin | Joshua Radin | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | The Rock and the TideJoshua Radin | Joshua Radin | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 6 | You Got What I NeedJoshua Radin | Joshua Radin | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| 7 | Nowhere to GoJoshua Radin | Joshua Radin | Play | 04:17 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 8 | Think I'll Go InsideJoshua Radin | Joshua Radin | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 19 MB |
| 9 | The Ones with the LightJoshua Radin | Joshua Radin | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 10 | You're Not as YoungJoshua Radin | Joshua Radin | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 11 | One LeapJoshua Radin | Joshua Radin | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 15 MB |
| 12 | WantedNora Kirkpatrick, Joshua Radin | Joshua Radin | Play | 02:53 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 13 | Brand New Day | Joshua Radin | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 46 mins | 105 MB | |||||
| 46 mins | 289 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Angell | Violin |
| 2 | Frederik Bokkenheuser | Drums |
| 3 | Jason Borger | Piano |
| 4 | Karl Brazil | Drums |
| 5 | John Catchings | Cello |
| 6 | David Davidson | String Arrangements, Violin |
| 7 | Richard Edgeler | Engineer |
| 8 | Mark Endert | Additional Production, Mixing |
| 9 | Jonathan Flaugher | Bass |
| 10 | Jay Franco | Mastering |
| 11 | Michael Fusco | Cover Art |
| 12 | Dyre Gormsen | Engineer |
| 13 | Chris Harris | Cover Photo |
| 14 | Jesse Harris | Composer |
| 15 | Iain Hill | Assistant, Engineer |
| 16 | Doug Johnson | Mixing Assistant |
| 17 | Martin Jonsson | Percussion |
| 18 | Nikolaj Juel | Banjo, Guitar, Guitar (Electric) |
| 19 | Thomas Juth | Mixing |
| 20 | Nora Kirkpatrick | Composer |
| 21 | Chris Lord-Alge | Mixing |
| 22 | The Love Sponge Strings | Strings |
| 23 | Andreas Olsson | Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Percussion, Synthesizer |
| 24 | Joshua Radin | Composer, Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 25 | Julian Rapp | Art Direction, Design |
| 26 | Rob Schnapf | Producer |
| 27 | Glen Scott | Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Piano (Electric), Vocals (Background) |
| 28 | Baeho "Bobby" Shin | Engineer |
| 29 | Kristoffer Sonne | Drums |
| 30 | Brio Taliaferro | Additional Production, Programming |
| 31 | Martin Terefe | Bass, Composer, Producer |
| 32 | Nikolaj Torp | Harmonica, Keyboards |
| 33 | Tim VanDerKuil | Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) |
| 34 | Brandon Walters | Guitar |
| 35 | Jeremy Wheatley | Additional Production, Engineer, Producer, Programming |
| 36 | Kristin Wilkinson | Viola |
| 37 | Damon Wilson | Drums |
| 38 | Craig Winkler | A&R |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |