The Candle and the Flame

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  • Genre: Folk-pop.

  • Influenced by: David Bowie, Mott the Hoople, Patti Smith, Ry Cooder, The Velvet Underground, Roxy Music, Prince and the Revolution, Neil Young, Guy Clark, The Ramones.

  • Similar artists: Lloyd Cole, The Chills, Ron Sexsmith, John Cale.

  • About this album: The eighth full-length solo release for Australian singer-songwriter Robert Forster was produced with his wife, Karin Bäumler and his son, Louis Forster. In 2021, Karin Bäumler was diagnosed the stage four inoperable ovarian cancer. While Baumler was undergoing chemotherapy treatment, Forster's mother died at the age of 94. One night, when sitting cross-legged on the couch, after the Forsters had played an impromptu tune, Karin looked up from her xylophone and told her husband, “When we play music, is the only time I forget I have cancer.” This provided the genesis for what would eventually become The Candle And The Flame. The full story can be found, here. Dylanesque.

  • Metacritic Score: 86 (Universal Acclaim).

  • Grammy Nominations: None.

  • Song To Sample: Tender Years.