The Big Cd Corinne Bailey Rae the Sea (Virgin Records)

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For those artists who complain about that difficult Second Album Syndrome, spare a thought for Corinne Bailey Rae. At the end of 2007 she began work on the not inconsiderable task of following up her four million-selling eponymous debut only to see her world fall apart with the news that her husband had been found dead at home following an accidental overdose of methadone and alcohol. By her own admission, Bailey Rae spent the next year in shock, hardly leaving the safety of her own home and was left complete inert by her loss.

Touchingly, an unassuming dedication in the liner notes reads: "This album, like everything I do, is made to try and impress Jason Bruce Rae." Her grief does has an influence on The Sea, but it's by no means its defining emotion.

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The Big Cd Corinne Bailey Rae the Sea (Virgin Records)

The record opens on two emotional ballads. Are You Here seems to directly t...

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