Draw The Line
by David Gray
  • Record Label: Downtown
  • Release Date: Sep 22, 2009
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21

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  1. Ricko
    Sep 12, 2013
    7
    "Draw The Line" doesn't deviate from 00's David Gray. 11 tracks that veer between not bad and good without ever catching fire. There are plenty of albums in todays market selling on the back of a couple of hit singles with nothing else but filler. At least with David Gray, there is little more substance present. Opener "Fugitive" is probably the strongest track quickly followed by the"Draw The Line" doesn't deviate from 00's David Gray. 11 tracks that veer between not bad and good without ever catching fire. There are plenty of albums in todays market selling on the back of a couple of hit singles with nothing else but filler. At least with David Gray, there is little more substance present. Opener "Fugitive" is probably the strongest track quickly followed by the impressive title track "Draw The Line". Overall, the first half of the album is generally decent and notably stronger than the second half.… Expand

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Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. AllMusic
    60
    Draw the Line is essentially another cog in the folksy wheel he's been spinning since "New Day at Midnight."
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  2. musicOMH.com
    60
    The end result is a pleasing, intimate experience by no means out of context with the rest of Gray's catalogue.
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  3. Observer Music Monthly
    60
    Although looser, Draw the Line doesn't reinvent the Gray wheel.
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