There is something miraculous that pushes you along, makes you keep going, makes you carry on. She told NME that writing the rest of the album helped her handle the different emotions she felt after her husband's death: "When I started writing that I was thinking, 'I don't really want this song to go into the world, 'cause it's so naked.' But I had to." "I Would Like to Call it Beauty", she said, was written about finding beauty in the "darkest times", later telling journalist Sean O'Hagan:
It began as a 'before and after' record, but it's become an 'after' record." The ballad " I'd Do It All Again" was written by Bailey Rae in January 2008 after an argument with her husband.
The Sea contains songs written before and after the death of Bailey Rae's husband, all of which she said resonated with her: "The circumstances have cast it all in a different light. Nothing was coming in." After months of grief and isolation, Bailey Rae revisited her work the following year and composed additional material for The Sea. I didn't really think in that way anymore. Normally in my everyday life, I'd be in the car and come up with a little line, or I'd look at something and try to describe it. For a long period of time, Bailey Rae said, "I didn't really hear any songs. However, she took a hiatus from music, following the death of her husband, Scottish saxophonist Jason Rae, in March 2008 to an accidental overdose of methadone and alcohol. Bailey Rae supported the album with a concert tour in early 2010.įollowing the multi-platinum and award-winning success of her eponymous debut album in 2006, Bailey Rae began to work on songs for a follow-up album in late 2007. A critical success, The Sea received mostly positive reviews and was nominated for the 2010 Mercury Prize. It also charted at number seven on the Billboard 200 in the United States, where it had sold 156,000 copies by April 2010. The Sea debuted at number five on the UK Albums Chart and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It features songs written by Bailey Rae before and after her husband's death, touching on themes of love, lament and solace. She recorded The Sea at Limefield Studio in Manchester, England, during 2009, working mostly with a host of session musicians and the record producers Steve Brown and Steve Chrisanthou. The album was conceived following Bailey Rae's hiatus from music, taken in the wake of her husband Jason Rae's death. It was released on 20 January 2010 by Virgin Records. The Sea is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae.
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