Awake Is The New Sleep
- Ben Lee
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Stand[s] alongside Something to Remember Me By as his strongest album.
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He's never sounded more confident. [Mar 2005, p.134]
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With Awake, Lee has become a writer so adept at communicating his personality through song, that it's easy to feel like you know him after just a few listens.
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80Simple without being simplistic. [#14, p.98]
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80Indeed, "Awake" is Lee's strongest album in years; so good that you can even forgive the Har Mar Superstar cameo.
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[A] pleasant Sunday drive of an album. [18 Feb 2005, p.78]
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This album is just that – an album in the truest sense, a collection of songs that work together as a whole and one that doesn't rely on a strong single or two to make it work.
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67The disc's simple melodies and slightly dated alt-rock sound are unlikely to change his fortunes anytime soon.
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67[Lee is a] maturing craftsman. [Mar 2005, p.92]
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The songs, engaging as they are, sound cursory, as though Lee wrote them while riding the bus on his way to the studio, staring at his watch and an empty notebook.
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Nothing here approaches innovation, and while the music isn't offensive to the ears, it provides little to get excited about. [#9]
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Much of Awake Is the New Sleep feels labored, lyrically and musically.
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40It intrigues more than satisfies. [Apr 2005, p.100]
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40Doesn't pack enough hooks to make it memorable. [Apr 2005, p.105]
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Awake has the occasional spiffy tune... but it's padded with pop-rock toss-offs and an unlistenable, ten-minute instrumental noise jam.
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It's all perfectly serviceable pop, if a little dull.
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Contrary to what its title might imply, there's really not a whole lotta "new" goin' on here.
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30Awake is a distinctly flawed album; much of what's here is precious or forced-sounding.
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29Like a washed-up athlete, Lee's stuck reliving his glory years.
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Kim10
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AmeliaE8beautiful! ben lee has made a stunning album to sing to
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KristyW10