David Gray Sell, Sell, Sell Lyrics

When it was originally released in 1995, Sell Sell Sell was such a commercial failure that David Gray's record company didn't think twice about dropping him from its roster. But because of the Welsh singer-songwriter's international breakthrough, White Ladder (recorded in his own bedroom and independently released), this transitional third album gets another airing. New converts will have a hard time identifying the lovelorn folk singer of White Ladder in the sleek surroundings here, but Sell Sell Sell still offers detectable snatches of emerging talent in the soft-spoken "Gutters Full of Rain," in the straight-laced rock of "Everytime," and in the curiously poignant "Late Night Radio." Ultimately, it's enticing, if not essential. --Aidin Vaziri