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- Summary: The second full-length solo release for the Manic Street Preachers singer/guitarist features lyrics based on poems by Patrick Jones about Chilean activist/poet Victor Jara.
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- Record Label: Montyray
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 12 out of 13
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Mixed: 1 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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Aug 12, 2020One of our greatest living guitarists has conjured up something truly special.
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UncutAug 12, 2020Jara's story gives a dramatic, yearning quality to the libretto that suits Bradfield's epic style, and allows a sense of unity to emerge through individual songs. [Sep 2020, p.27]
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MojoAug 12, 2020Protest songs can be dour, but Bradfield dresses lyrics adapted from the poems of Patrick Jones in his most ornately uplifting arrangements. [Sep 2020, p.85]
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Q MagazineAug 12, 2020It's a record that draws you in, first with its story, and then with its songs. [Aug 2020, p.106]
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Aug 14, 2020The key to Bradfield's album is how it respectfully salutes Jara while conveying the emotions and ideas stirred within the singer/songwriter -- a rare trick that is quite compelling on this urgent yet nuanced song cycle.
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Aug 17, 2020Bradfield supplies his usual tender bombast. Some of it could be sketches for a musical, and there’s real intelligence and verve to the electronic, acoustic and orchestral arrangements, with surprising yet successful touches of prog and psychedelia.
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Aug 13, 2020With more focus, this could have felt quite vital.
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Aug 17, 2020A brilliant and sonically adventurous album from Britain’s most underrated songwriter. Strong from start to finish.
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Aug 25, 2020Absolutely outstanding. Gave me chills as soon as 'Recuerda' exploded into that huge chorus. Beautiful, delicate, hard-hitting, powerful.
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