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  • Summary: The first solo release in six years for the singer-songwriter was produced by R. Walt Vincent.
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I'm Not the One
Oh baby I don't wanna leave But they say that I don't really need ya I'm going on my way I'll be alone, alone I'm going on my way I'll be alone Oh... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. 83
    While Yorn’s simplicity hinders unobjectionable but unremarkable ballads like “Shopping Mall,” he rarely plays the weepy balladeer on ArrangingTime and keeps momentum relatively strong throughout.
  2. 80
    While the results haven’t got the near-reckless zeal of the young Yorn’s records, the sense of longing reflects the broken-down feel--strumming acoustic guitars, the light thrum of a snare--of some of the material he was writing back in the early 2000s.
  3. Mar 10, 2016
    80
    This collection of moods and moments is one of the year's most engaging listens.
  4. Mar 8, 2016
    70
    On this record, Yorn seems to master mood more than tune, but that winds up being to his benefit. This tonal elasticity gives ArrangingTime an enveloping warmth, one that is alluring even if it tends to shift concentration away from the songwriting that allegedly was his greatest strength.
  5. Magnet
    Apr 21, 2016
    70
    Unforgettable choruses and custom Yorn finger-strum pattern are abundant. [No. 130, p.60]
  6. Mojo
    Feb 23, 2016
    60
    All told, less might have been more. [Apr 2016, p.96]
  7. Mar 10, 2016
    40
    His dull lyrics get made more of a point of through repetition, they shine brighter than his well-crafted moments of introspection. There's only so many times listening to a man singing about someone waiting at a bus stop can be bearable.

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