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Beneath the Velvet Sun - Shawn Mullins
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9.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

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  1. TheoC.
    Mar 13, 2002
    7
    This is clever and light with what feels like an authentic Southern flavour to this BritCrit. The lightness is simultaneously a strength and a weakness: often fun but challenging only in the wit of the lyrics.
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  2. VivianV.
    Mar 22, 2002
    10
    I haven't stopped listening to this album since I got it 3 months ago- I know every note in every song, and I never tire of it. It's an incredible production. I rank Shawn Mullins right up there with Little Feat and Jimi Jamison of Survivor- sheer brilliance.This album has prompted me to purchase 'Soul's Core', which is equally incredible.
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  3. JanJ
    Mar 23, 2002
    9
    Wonderful. Great for singing to. Soulful. Emotional. Is in touch with emotions of human beings.
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  4. JarmilaK
    May 19, 2005
    10
    My goodness, this album is very very very good just like all the others he has made. He really is the best according to me. I can't stop listening to this cd. I'm addicted to it!
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  5. DianaS
    Sep 15, 2005
    10
    I think this is Shawn's best cd yet, and I love them all! A while back I lost my cd case and my entire library of cd's. Shawn's cd's were the first ones I sought to replace. Keep up the good work Shawn.
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  6. JasonM.
    Dec 18, 2001
    10
    One of the best albums I've owned. A leap of faith from one good song on the radio. A touch of the South and truw enjoyment of making music. Not a bad guy.
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Metascore
63 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. All Music Guide
    60
    Beneath the Velvet Sun is the uneven work of a talented artist who doesn't seem to trust the idiosyncratic approach that brought him to national attention enough to really let himself go. You can hardly blame him for trying to play it safe, given his one-hit wonder status, but the album's very bow to commercialism may keep it from being the hit it might have been.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    50
    It's Richard Marx filtered through Beck. [10/27/2000, p.121]
  3. Checkout.com
    60
    Sun's production is disappointingly safe, walking down a very predictable, somewhat dated road, instead of machete-chopping a path of its own.... [Its] most dazzling moments are its most straightforward -- the ones where Mullins strips away his affectations and flashes naked emotion.
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