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- Record Label: Secretly Canadian
- Release Date: Feb 20, 2007
- Summary: This is the second or third album (depending on how you keep score) for the Oregon-by-way-of-Los Angeles singer-songwriter.
- Record Label: Secretly Canadian
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Singer-Songwriter
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 16
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Mixed: 3 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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If Richard Swift isn't on your radar yet, time to adjust the antenna.
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Swift makes good on his promise with 10 soulful new songs loaded with heart and smarts.
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MojoVividly of-the-moment, rich in melody and wry optimism. [Mar 2007, p.104]
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Swift's merry melodies and uninhibited sensitivity draw equally on the immaculate piano pop of Carole King's Tapestry and the strummy self-awareness of Jackson Browne's early Asylum Records releases, but it's his noticeable theatricality that sets him apart.
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UrbSwift is likely to turn some more heads with this one. [Mar 2007, p.101]
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While "Dressed Up For The Letdown" is a classy, clever record, it is not one you can imagine yourself revisiting that often.
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Paste MagazineAt root, the gritty, back-to-the-garage drive of these pop tunes adds a layer of grease that makes them stick. [Apr 2007, p.58]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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BrettCMar 15, 2007A top ten record for 2007 for sure. Great album.
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HowardJFeb 23, 2007Quite possibly the best record of 2007.
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ChristopherGMar 21, 2007
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