One of the great mysteries of the past 12 months in music is why Corinne Bailey Rae’s second album, The Sea, didn’t do very well. Maybe she was hurt by the long layoff between albums, maybe she was hurt by not having a major pop radio hit. Either way, the British singer/songwriter’s second album was a marked improvement over her first-an album on which the hype and the actual quality were sort of uneven. Anyway, give The Sea a listen. […]