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- Summary: Backed by a three-piece band called Zazou, the debut release for the former Razorlight frontman was recorded in France before receiving more production work Trevor Horn.
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- Record Label: Universal Music
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Positive: 1 out of 10
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Mixed: 7 out of 10
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Negative: 2 out of 10
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Jul 25, 2013Ultimately Borrell 1 is a better-than-serviceable rock record complicated by myriad preconceptions, all which are further skewered by some fantastically hubristic song titles.
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Q MagazineJul 25, 2013This is a ludicrously enjoyable record, shedding Razorlight's US-targeted bluster and awkwardly stalking that curious mid-70s musical patch where pub rock and glam shaded into punk. [Aug 2013, p.97
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MojoAug 13, 2013As ever with Borrell, it's never less than weirdly, grippingly fascinating. [Sep 2013, p.90]
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Jul 25, 2013Ultimately, it’s sketchy and uneven, ridiculous in as many of the wrong ways as the right, but not quite the disaster its tracklisting would suggest.
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Jul 25, 2013Borrell 1 sounds like the inner workings of a brain as it descends into total madness.
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Jul 25, 2013Originally recorded on a home four-track machine, the songs were subsequently re-done with Trevor Horn at the helm, which has applied a little polish to what still sound like under-written sketches rather than compelling pop material.
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Jul 25, 2013He sounds utterly burnt out. Poor.
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Positive: 0 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 1 out of 1
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Nov 25, 2016
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