Martin Belmont is best-known as a guitar-slinger, playing lead for Ducks Deluxe, Graham Parker's the Rumour, and Nick Lowe's Cowboy Outfit, so the idea of him playing the same role on his 2009 solo album, The Guest List, is an inspired one. Here, he brings in all his old colleagues and running mates to sing a song, ceding the spotlight to Graham, Nick, Paul Carrack, Sean Tyla, Geraint Watkins, and a host of other old pub rockers, every so often granting himself a solo spotlight for a Hank Marvin-styled instrumental, including a nice spin on Elvis Costello's Alison. The sound and style shift from track to track -- Tyla revs up the reggae, Lowe settles into his comfortable groove on A Man in Love, Parker snarls on In the Midnight Hour -- but everything is within the same rootsy universe, and it's all delivered with an understated but winning touch. Instead of a long night out on the tiles, it's a quick round with old friends on a Sunday afternoon at the local pub, and that's pretty appealing, too. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

1		Time for the Sun to Rise
2		A Man in Love
3		Johnny Too Bad
4		Seven Curses
5		Island of Dreams
6		Get Rhythm
7		Tall Lover Man
8		Alison
9		In the Midnight Hour
10		Waltzing With Sin
11		I Viberate
12		Beyond the Blue Horizon

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