• Record Label: Decca
  • Release Date: Sep 15, 2009
User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6

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  1. Agent
    Oct 19, 2009
    0
    Totally crap.
  2. Dec 1, 2013
    10
    Incredible voice. Amazing songwriting. Great lyrics. This guy is incredibly talented. Fave tracks: Refuse To Lose, Engines, Wonderful, Open Arms and, of course, Brooklyn.
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47

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. The fact that the end results sound similar to Go's machine-made rivals proves to be a double-edged sword, however, both attracting fans for its genuine approach and repelling others for its similarity to manufactured pop.
  2. His attempts to be emotive or inspirational sound just wrong.
  3. Polished to the point of being nausea-inducing, this album has been packaged to a precise remit: robotic, stadium-rock-lite that follows the tried and tested formula of acoustic quiet bit, drums come in, second verse, chorus, repeat to fade so strictly that you’ll feel like banging your head against a brick wall and/or adding your own beat-box percussion.