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Track Listings
| 1. I Have Seen |
| 2. Polaris |
| 3. Destiny |
| 4. Give It Away |
| 5. Simple Things |
| 6. Red Dust |
| 7. Distractions |
| 8. In The Waiting Line |
| 9. Out Of Town |
| 10. This World |
| 11. Likufanele |
| 12. End Theme |
| 13. Salt Water Sound |
| 14. Spinning |
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Zero 7のたぐいまれな才能、つまりこのデビュー作『Simple Things』で聴けるような美しい子守唄と60年代風フレンチ・ポップの融合をもってすれば、映画音楽家として名を上げるか、チルアウト・ミュージックで一目置かれる存在になることもできたはずだ。しかし不運なことにフランス人デュオ、エアーが「退廃クールサウンド」の称号を欲しいままにしているが故に、このロンドン生まれのヘンリー・ビンズとサム・ハーデイカーのデュオは「イギリスのエール」という地位にとどまっている。が、これも納得できないわけではない。Zero 7の映画音楽風の分厚いアレンジとエールの『Moon Safari』や『Virgin Suicides』のスコアがよく似ているのはまったくの偶然ではないからだ。
とはいえ、このデビューアルバムが傑作であることに違いはない。フェンダー・ローズのコードの刻みの上にかぶさるさまざまな電子音、豊かなストリングス、柔らかなトランペットの音色、そのアレンジ、すべてが十分に練られており、何よりもビンスとハーデイカーが作り出すけだるいグルーブとソフトで哀愁を帯びたメロディーが素晴らしい。夢心地なインスト曲「Give It Away」「Polaris」は特に秀逸。『Simple Things』の真の魅力は曲の良さにある。アンビエントなメロが美しく、特にオーストラリアのディーバ、シアのボーカルが魅力的な「Destiny」、胸を打つような「Distractions」では、彼らのポテンシャルの高さを痛感する。（Dan Gennoe, Amazon.com）
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Zero 7's ability to conjure beautiful lullabies with all the romance of 1960s French pop (as found on their debut LP, Simple Things) would have made them the toast of soundtrack composers and chill-out connoisseurs the world over. Unfortunately, two Frenchmen beat Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker to the title of "masters of comedown cool," leaving the London duo to be forever called "the British Air." And this is fair; the similarities between Zero 7's lush cinematic soundscapes and those of Air's Moon Safari and the Virgin Suicides score are so strong as to sound almost intentional. Nonetheless, their debut is a truly gorgeous album. It has all the tried and tested atmospheric tricks--bleeps and whooshes layered over plodding Fender Rhodes chords, swathes of strings and tender trumpet parps--but it's Binns and Hardaker's languid grooves and the soft melancholy of their melodies that make dream-state instrumentals "Give It Away" and "Polaris" utterly enchanting. The real power of Simple Things, however, is in its songs. As beautiful as the ambient strains are, when laid beneath the seductive vocals of Australian diva Sia on the ethereal "Destiny" or the heart-breaking "Distractions," their potency becomes apparent. --Dan Gennoe
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