Over het album

In 2002, when Bastian's debut 'Ready' was released, the word electroclash hadn't yet been invented. The debut 'Ready' was succesful, the record gave us the single 'you've got my love' which became an international hit. 'It's all down hill from here' is as much a logical follow up as a great step forward. As always it's still packed with catchy melodies and lyrics you just can't help singing along to. But musically as much as textually Bastian has given a new dimension to his art; as the title already suggests it's not only the bright side of life we hear about. The album starts with a very uplifting jazzy instrumental, but when the album ends with 'hopeless' you realize Bastian has got some Blues too, in a manner of speaking that is . . .