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- Summary: The second album for the Canadian singer-songwriter was produced by Howard Bilerman.
- Record Label: Secert City
- Genre(s): Indie, Pop, Folk
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| Heart of My Own | |
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| Under that burning ether that falls Down on these walls Burning my arms I've been alone When I sat by you For every word I could undo I've been... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 10 out of 14
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Mixed: 4 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Q MagazineProduced again by former Arcade Fire man Howard Bilerman, here spare, lovelorn songs such as zithery vigil The Shore evoke an elegant melancholy, while the more rugged likes of Gold Rush dart forth on galloping drums, fiddles and banjos. [Feb 2010, p. 104]
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Heart of My Own sounds more produced than Oh, My Darling, but not for lack of quality. Despite the yearning lyrical plotlines, the warmth exuded from the woodsy harmony of Bulat’s voice mingling with the amalgamation of guest instruments cozies even the bitterest of winter days.
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Folk can be a notoriously intransigent genre, and Basia Bulat probably occupies the less user friendly end of the spectrum, but for those who like an album which grows and reveals its treasures slowly, A Heart of My Own is gold.
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It’s an album unlikely to reign in anyone who’s on the fence about adding a folk album to their catalogue, but sure to delight those who like their melancholy sentiments sung by a voice that is as dexterous as it is vulnerable
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Expertly and diversely arranged, the songs of Heart of My Own build and hover, often in surprising ways.
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Heart's production work, again by Bilerman, isn't always successful....But the album shakes such shackles often enough to maintain an atmosphere of warm intimacy.
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MojoBut despite the lack of surprise, Gold Rush is a fine, rollicking jig, and Sparrow's skeletal voice and uke combo feels like it's been pulled from the ground still caked in Prairie soil. [Feb 2010, p. 94]
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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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