His record company has been touting
David Jordan
as the next big thing for a while and at the end of 2007, he released his debut album,
Set the Mood
without the blaze of publicity one might have expected from "the next big thing", but sometimes albums that are given a chance to build slowly last longer in the consciousness than those which are released in a blaze of publicity. That was certainly the case with
, which hovered between
Prince
(one of
Jordan
's childhood idols) territory, and
Justin Timberlake
's stop-go production, and that was no bad thing. Whether
eventually turns out to be as successful as
Timberlake
only time will tell; as of the beginning of 2008, he had a long way to go, but having
Trevor Horn
produce his debut album was a good start. The hit single taken from
was
"Sun Goes Down,"
an ethnic flavored song with a bit of traditional Greek influence, a little Israeli folk song, and even a German oom-pah beat in the background. So who else does
sound like apart from
and
? Well,
Seal
springs to mind on the opening track
"On the Money"
"Glorious Day,"
Terence Trent D'Arby
on the tracks
"Place in My Heart"
"Love Song,"
but
should not worry about comparisons to other soul or soulful singers, he has made a confident debut album and it will be interesting to see what direction this young man takes. ~ Sharon Mawer