Outside the Music Box (Bob McCarroll)
Outside the Music Box[edit]
Outside the Music Box is Bob McCarroll's 11th studio recording project. Continuing within the "alternative" musical style of Down in the City and Vehicles, Outside the Music Box has Bob presenting 13 new and original song compositions. While primarily and musically residing in the "alternative" genre, this project also sees Bob stretching his musical chops with several of the songs delving (back) into the jazz vocal ballad category - as he does in When Skies Are Blue and the lullaby ballad he wrote for his new (and first) granddaughter, When You Close Your Eyes - which he offers in two styles: track 11 features Nicole Pesce playing piano on the track while track 14 offers a more folky version and feel - including mandolin.
Bob also offers us a more tongue-in-cheek style of writing with his That Perfect Place and Did I Get the Day Right?. "Did I Get The Day Right," tells the story of a person showing up for discrete hotel rendezvous only to be stood up. Overall, this project offers a more sensitive side to Bob's musical compositions with many of the songs falling within the "ballad" category - as in If I Could and Take Your Love featuring the wonderful violin playing of Suzanne Lansford.
YouTube Video Links:
Song List[edit]
- Are You Gonna Love Alone (2:27) Bob McCarroll © 2019 BMI
- Save Me From Myself (3:34) Bob McCarroll ©2019 BMI
- When Skies Are Blue (2:18) Bob McCarroll- ©2019 BMI
- That Perfect Place (2:01) Bob McCarroll- ©2019 BMI
- Oh, How I Need Your Love (1:47) Bob McCarroll ©2019 BMI
- How Can I Forget You Now (2:23) Bob McCarroll © 2019 BMI
- If I Could (2:40) Bob McCarroll © 2019 BMI
- Regrets (4:47) Bob McCarroll- ©2019 BMI
- Take Your Love (3:04) Bob McCarroll- ©2019 BMI
- Did I Get The Day Right (3:22) Bob McCarroll © 2019 BMI
- When You Close Your Eyes (1:51) Bob McCarroll- ©2019 BMI(Written and dedicated to my new grand daughter, Evelyn Vera McCarroll - 11/04/2019)
- Be Careful (3:03) Bob McCarroll © 2019 BMI
- Never Walk Alone (3:44) Bob McCarroll-©2019 BMI
Bonus Track: When You Close Your Eyes (1:53) - Alternative Acoustic Version
Musicians[edit]
- Suzanne Lansford - Violin on “If I Could” and “Take Your Love”
- Michael Hummel - Background vocals on “That Perfect Place”
- Nicole Pesce - Piano / Keys on “When You Close Your Eyes”
Recording Credits[edit]
Produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered at OneStop.Studio, Phoenix, AZ (www.onestop.studio)
Artwork[edit]
Discography[edit]
- Secret Obsession, 2003
- In Your Dreams, 2008
- That Old Feeling, 2010
- Songs for Low-Light Conditions, 2011
- Now & Then, 2011
- These Few Moments, 2013
- Sixty, 2016
- Vehicles, 2018
- Down in the City, 2019
- Nicole Pesce plays the songs of Bob McCarroll, 2019
- Outside the Music Box, 2020
- Autonomous, 2020
scotsmanAZ (talk) 13 April 2020