Coming Downby Daniel Ash The venerable Daniel Ash, Bauhaus/Tones On Tail/Love & Rockets songwriter, guitarist and occasional singer dropped this mostly laid-back, slightly goth-tinged solo delight in 1991. It"s a real pleasure and a most worthy find. COMING DOWN comes pretty close to being a pure solo effort with Ash handling the vocals, guitars and most of the bass work. But there are a few other musicians along for the ride, including longtime collaborator Kevin Haskins (drummer with the bands mentioned above). There"s lots of haunting background vocals from Natacha Atlas who also plays keys and bass on "Walk This Way." Ash has a talent for taking basic, often blues-based material and making it sound cool. These are fairly simple songs, sprinkled with quite effective atmospheric touches and powered by Ash"s dark charisma."Blue Moon" - a twinkling, barely audible 50-second album intro. The moment this fragile, delicate-sounding piece begins to falter, "Coming Down Fast" comes crashing in with thunderous drums and swaggering attitude. Daniel delivers a distorted, ice-cold vocal that somehow warms my chilly heart. "Walk This Way" - Ash goes bossa-nova, with addictive results."Closer to You" - this is a charming, super-mellow little tune. "Day Tripper" - this Beatles classic gets the smooth, laid-back treatment - that is, until Ash cranks up the riff midway through. "This Love" - the other full-blown rocker, this song got the most attention from this album on radio and video "Blue Angel" - a slow, dreamy tune, enjoyable if a bit meandering. "Me and My Shadow" - Like "Blue Moon," this is another very old song. "Candy Darling" - a sad, eerie song, presumably a tribute to the original Candy Darling."Sweet Little Liar" - strange atmospherics provide a great segue-way between "Candy" and this track."Not So Fast" - sounds like being trapped in a hazy dream-state, acoustic guitar strumming serenely. "Coming Down" - a deep, hypnotic-sounding song.