- Record Label: Daptone
- Release Date: Oct 2, 2007
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Though the fatalistic title number sticks, there's a reason Ellis shares his most memorable copyrights with James Brown.
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Q MagazineThe songs aren't quite up to the mark. You can't fault the performances though. [Dec 2007, p.121]
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UncutElegant backgound music, better live, you suspect. [Dec 2007, p.98]
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The band replicates the surface effect of Otis Redding ballads, New Orleans jams and Motown pop-soul down to the last tambourine rattle, but their material rarely goes deeper than nostalgic genre exercises--which means it never satisfies like the real thing.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 6
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Mixed: 0 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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TajL.Oct 30, 2007Yeah, this is very pleasant album.