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It can easily tell a fairy tale: Once upon a 32 year young record producer of Nevada in the US, from his father two vinyl albums of an unsuccessful British singer / songwriter from 1970 and 1971 ("Bill Fay" and "Times Of Last Persecution ") knew, of which he was thrilled. In 1998, a small British reissue label the two plates as CDs out, and a few years later the band Wilco from Chicago was - absolutely deserved - become an American rock institution. Their mastermind Jeff Tweedy said when asked about his favorite always the name Bill Fay. This Englishman had retired after 1971 from the music scene, which involved deals and tours; the song writing and recording of songs but he never gave up. CDs with such demo collections appeared in the new millennium, the great David Tibet (Current 93) helped, inter alia, in one of these publications. Because of the above-mentioned young Americans joined with names Joshua Henry on the scene and Bill Fay spoke directly to a production. As Fay answer was to have done this not a real album more decades, said Henry, that it might be time now, once again to make a real. What the meantime delivered Henden on the 70 Fay convinced.

So now appeared in 2012 no fewer than 41 years (for which there are no comparison in the pop and rock history!) After the last regular a new album by Bill Fay, a production of a piece. 12 great songs, the expressive by Bill Fay, at the same time subtle vocals and his piano accompaniment are marked, with tasteful, sometimes opulent, but never overloaded arrangements; mostly slow, played in worn rhythm songs (big exception is the peppy "This World" in which Jeff Tweedy sings), will each listen for decades Procol Harum and Randy Newman found, after a few cycles intimate terms, but also every one of today's music listening, or to compensate for high-class singer / songwriter music away from kitsch and boredom investigated quickly can find reference. "Life Is People" is an album of immense maturity that no young man could do so, but at the same time free from any Oldie posturing, can not do anything with the music lovers under 30. Unpretentious, but intense, this.

What makes this album but truly extraordinary is the fact that the lyrics are on one hand deeply inspired Christian, but then develop at any point penetrance, have nothing to do with moralizing preacher. Fay processed in a setting that you can truly be described as humble, his experience of faith and faith joy in the form of personal texts (perhaps the strongest, at least clearest example: "Thank You Lord"), accept the agnostics and atheists because of their authenticity or at least respect can, and also appreciate the faithful Christians in deep communion - especially from the reason that Bill Fay it with his Christianity also serious, and in a good deed converts: Although he himself certainly not one of the rich (he earned in the last four decades by unspectacular jobs for a living), he lets his income as a musician of the organization "Doctors Without Borders" (one of the most deserved Nobel Peace Prizes, if you ask me) come!

"Life Is People" is for me next to Dylan's "Tempest" one of the albums of 2012 and a refined musical signs of life of the most underrated singer / songwriter of the pop and rock history, and especially because of its text message a ... see title!