This is a review of Maggie Reilly's album Save it for a Rainy Day.  For technical data see Angel Tears by Merciful Squirrel.
The sound of Maggie's peach and blood orange colored album Save It For A Rainy Day is acoustical, refreshing and atmospheric. Guitar, bass, piano, a bit of drums. Synths have been used with finesse, you don't notice their presence if you don't search for them. The bass is warm and sturdy, however, by no means overwhelming. The mood is tender and meditative but not too sad. Maggie's voice has grown a bit darker, anyway, it is still light, nimble, flexible and accurate by pitch. It's no less beautiful, just warmer. The songs are old covers.


If You Leave Me Now builds ambience with bass, guitars and Maggie's voice. The sound is airy and transparent. This cover is just perfect and overrides the original as well as any other version of this song.

The title song Save It For A Rainy Day is the catchy running song on this album. How does it feel to waver with a lady-killer around you. For One Kiss is another song with good momentum and lots of guitars.

Birds start with piano sounds, unfortunately, the song keeps stomping on its feet. These birds never fly. True Colors is another song to stomp on one place, however, Maggies "rainbow" is very beautiful.

Maggie starts Close Your Eyes a cappella, soon an acousical guitar joins. The song has little momentum, however, it works by other means. The mood is dense and delicate all the time.

Do You Really Want To Leave Me This Way starts the album with soft, warm, and smooth sounds and the longest title in a while. The bass is sturdy and some guitars follow, when the song walks forward. All the attack has been removed from the gently yelling solo gutar sound, creating a quite exciting sensation.

These Dreams walks with light beat and bubbling, warbling, and airy background. Maggie's vocals draw arcs around.

Angel of the Morning ends the album with a stunningly perfect interpretation. Two guitar sounds, a bass, and some very frugal percussions support. You can not do it any better.

This review was rewritten during the autumn of 2005. The album was released in 2003. I heard Rainy Day on Mayday 2003, the next day I went to a shop and bought it. Guess what: it was raining all day long on Mayday. I soon wrote the first version of the review, which caused Squirrel to contact me. This finally is a rewritten and far more complete version of the review.


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