Their signature song is Gorecki, from their eponymous debut album and it was inspired by Henryk Górecki's Third Symphony, the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. Other essential songs are Cotton Wool, God Bless, B Line, Gabriel, Sweet, and Wonder.
To date, the band has released six studio albums: Lamb (1996), Fear of Fours (1999), What Sound (2001), Between Darkness And Wonder (2003), 5 (2011) and Backspace Unwind (2014). In 2003 they also issued a compilation entitled Best Kept Secrets.
In February 2005, Lamb announced that they would pursue their own solo projects, ending their collaboration for now. Their last concerts were in Paradiso, Amsterdam, and these shows appear in the DVD 'Lamb Live at the Paradiso' which was released in 2011.
Lou Rhodes released her first solo album Beloved One (2006) which received a Mercury nomination. This was followed by Bloom (2007), and One Good Thing (2010). Lou also branched out and became an author, with children's books The Phlunk (2013) and The Phlunk's Worldwide Symphony (2014 Strata Books).
Producer Andy Barlow focused on his band Hoof and a project called Luna Seeds with vocalist–songwriter Carrie Tree, and produced the Fink album Distance and Time. In 2013 Barlow's debut solo album as LOWB, Leap and the Net Will Appear was re-released on a new label, Distiller Records. Andy continued to work as a producer, working with Bristol band The Ramona Flowers on their album Dismantle and Rebuild (2014) which he also co-wrote. Most recently, he produced and mixed David Gray's new album Mutineers (2014).
The hiatus ended in 2009 when Lamb reunited and started performing again. Lamb returned to the studio the following year to record their fifth studio album 5 which was released in 2011. They also released their first live album in 2011 Live at Koko and the long-awaited DVD Lamb Lamb Live at the Paradiso.
In October 2014, the band released a new album Backspace Unwind, followed by a single 'We Fall in Love' (subsequently voted "Best Chillout/Lounge Track" at the International Dance Music Awards 2015). They began a tour in 2014 which included the UK and Europe. The tour continued into 2015 with shows and festivals in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
There are other artists with the same name:
(2) A group formed by Barbara Mauritz and Bob Swanson in San Francisco in the late 1960s. This group disbanded in 1972. The minor San Francisco group Lamb tend to be remembered only for their appearance on the Fillmore: The Last Days concert album, where they were one of several non-star artists on a set dominated by bigger names like the Grateful Dead, Santana, and Boz Scaggs. The band did actually put out three albums in the early '70s, however, and were quite an interesting group. Not only were they not readily comparable to other acts on the San Francisco rock circuit, but it's debatable whether they could be fairly categorized as a rock band at all. Their music blended jazz, folk, singer/songwriter pop, gospel, and even some classical and avant-garde influences. Certainly the dominant figure was singer Barbara Mauritz, whose bluesy and earthy vocals had considerable resonance, but which could also traverse the band's frequently mystical, poetic lyrics with much delicacy and nuance. Reminiscent in spots of such varied artists as Tim Buckley, Judy Collins (in her art-song phase), David Ackles, and Savage Rose (in that band's most gospel-soaked period), their records were ultimately idiosyncratic enough to defy ready comparison to anyone. And they were, too, ultimately too inaccessible to make much commercial impact, despite plenty of tracks of considerable power, beauty, and enigma.
Lamb were formed by the duo of Texan singer Mauritz and multi-instrumentalist (though primarily guitarist) Bob Swanson. The two (writing both separately and together) was responsible for the band's material. They attracted attention in San Francisco when they opened for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young for a few nights at Winterland in November 1969. Impresario Bill Graham became their manager, and producer David Rubinson, who had worked with notable groups such as Santana and Moby Grape, acted in that capacity for their first record. Their debut album on the Fillmore label, A Sign of Change, was perhaps their most uncompromising and experimental, relying largely on jazz-folk acoustic arrangements and spotlighting Mauritz's impressive voice on impressionistic, dream-like lyrics. They moved over to Warner Bros (while retaining Rubinson as executive producer) for the follow-up, Cross Between, which moved toward slightly more mainstream rock arrangements and a more pronounced gospel feel on several tracks. Yet others were throwbacks to the first album in their obscure but enchanting poesy, sometimes owing more to a classical-influenced art song tradition than conventional pop music.
Lamb went yet further toward gospel-rockish material on their third and final album, Bring Out the Sun, which was their most mainstream outing, though hardly mainstream overall, with a couple of tracks again giving vent to their more experimental jazz-folk-classical side. The LP was co-billed to Lamb and Barbara Mauritz, though Swanson was still involved as a composer and instrumentalist on much of the material. Whether or not this co-billing was intended as a transition from Lamb to a solo career, Mauritz was soon recording as a solo, putting out Music Box for Columbia. Her solo career didn't take off, however, although she continued to perform and write (composing the music for many commercials). In the mid-'80s, Bob Swanson returned full-time to photography. The Lamb founded by Swanson and Mauritz, incidentally, had no relation to either the Christian rock band Lamb that began to record later in the '70s, or the drum'n'bass duo Lamb that began recording in the late '90s.
(3) A demoscene musician, active from early 1990s till early 2000s, known for composing many chiptunes, as well as themed collection-album called Autumn Leaf.
(4) A messianic Jewish pop music group formed in 1972 by Joel Chernoff and Rick "Levi" Coghill. This group has recorded as recently as 2005 (with Ted Pearce replacing Rick Coghill).
(5) A Japanese duo from Tokyo, formed in 1999. Kudo sings, Nakamura does everything else. They make pretty, light-hearted, chilled-out pop.
(6) A Japanese rockband who regularly do shows in Tokyo, Japan. They're known for their melodic, emotional, and exciting sound with twin guitars, and bass and drums. Lamb's music has taken on elements from post-rock, math-rock, and pop.
Their first EP, MEME, was released in April of 2020.
Nobody Else
Lamb Lyrics
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Your face was the song
I'd forgotten to sing
And a blinding light
Made a thread so bright
To join us together, never ending
There's nobody else for me
No, no, no, nobody else for me
No, no, nobody else but you
And falling so deep
I woke from a sleep
Of thousand tears
Your love was the call
To break down the walls
I'd built up for years and years
There's nobody else for me
No, no, nobody else will do
No, no, no, nobody else for me
No, no, nobody else but you
Here I stand
In all that I am
Yours in every breath
There's nobody else for me
No, no, nobody else will do
No, no, no, nobody else for me
No, no, no, nobody else but you
There's nobody
No, no, no, no, nobody else for me
Nobody else but you
Nobody
No, no, no, no, nobody else for me
Nobody else but you
When you came along
Your face was the song
I'd forgotten to sing
The song "Nobody Else" by Lamb is a beautiful and heartfelt expression of love. The lyrics speak of how the love of a special person has opened up the singer's heart, which had been closed off for years due to past hurt and pain. The lyrics suggest that this person has not only brought light into the singer's life but has made them feel complete. The singer emphasizes that there is nobody else for them and that they will do whatever it takes to be with this person.
The first verse of the song suggests that before this person came along, the singer had forgotten how to sing. The person's face was the song, which had been dormant in the singer's heart. The chorus repeatedly emphasizes that there is nobody else for the singer, and nobody else will do. This suggests that the love shared by the two is unique, one of a kind and irreplaceable. The verses go on to suggest that this love has broken down walls and has given the singer the courage to open their heart, thus making them feel complete.
In conclusion, "Nobody Else" by Lamb is a beautiful expression of the power of love. It speaks to the ability of a person to heal and to love again after experiencing pain and hurt in the past. It highlights how someone can come along and make everything better, make them feel all that they had previously forgotten, and even complete them emotionally.
Line by Line Meaning
When you came along
The moment you entered my life
Your face was the song
Your appearance was like music to my eyes
I'd forgotten to sing
I had lost my ability to express myself happily before you came
And a blinding light
A bright and enlightening moment
Made a thread so bright
Connected us with an incredible bond
To join us together, never ending
This bond can never break
There's nobody else for me
No one else can replace you in my life
No, no, nobody else will do
Only you are the one for me
And falling so deep
Falling in love with you so deeply
I woke from a sleep
I came to my senses and realized my love for you
Of thousand tears
After shedding tears for a long time
Your love was the call
Your love was the only answer
To break down the walls
To tear down my emotional barriers
I'd built up for years and years
I had been keeping these barriers for a long time
Here I stand
I am here now
In all that I am
As myself, without any fear or pretense
Yours in every breath
You are my everything, with every breath I take
There's nobody
No one else
Nobody else but you
Only you and no one else
No, no, no, no, nobody else for me
There is no one else in this world for me
No, no, no, no, nobody else but you
Only you and no one else can complete me
Contributed by Vivian S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Roiy Benkel
When you came along
Your face was the song
I'd forgotten to sing
And a blinding light
Made a thread so bright
To join us together, never ending
There's nobody else for me
No, no, nobody else will do
No, no, no, nobody else for me
No, no, nobody else but you
And falling so deep
I woke from a sleep
Of thousand tears
Your love was the call
To break down the walls
I'd built up for years and years
There's nobody else for me
No, no, nobody else will do
No, no, no, nobody else for me
No, no, nobody else but you
Here I stand
In all that I am
Yours in every breath
There's nobody else for me
No, no, nobody else will do
No, no, no, nobody else for me
No, no, no, nobody else but you
There's nobody
No, no, no, no, nobody else for me
Nobody else but you
Nobody
No, no, no, no, nobody else for me
Nobody else but you
When you came along
Your face was the song
I'd forgotten to sing
Terry Maltos
Love it so much. Huge thanks for sharing from Atlanta, USA
Bernard françois
reminds me of Portishead
love it
Chris Visser-Fee
@§ėRŘy yo dope, thanks dude
§ėRŘy
@Chris Visser-Fee Yeah you right. Moth equals, various production, saltillo, melentini. Regards the gal vocals Stervhia, Lendi vexer. Nyctophiliac ft sleuth, hidden orchestra.
All of these have what your after, but everything they do kills it, happy hunting within their mirky arenas!!
Oh and Sunday Munich. Definitely them.
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Yarrow Wolfe
trip hop folk...
Chris Visser-Fee
Yeah, is there a special genre for the style that these two do? Wikipedia says they're trip hop, but with a few exceptions most trip hop has a very different feel. Any help?