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Rolling StoneChildlike and catchy. [28 Oct 2004, p.103]
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Her chin-up ditties don't connect every time, but her abandonment of home recording will win new listeners anyway.
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Hidden Vagenda is elegantly constructed and outwardly naive, but it lacks a consistent underlying honesty.
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Adopts a fuller, more polished sound than her earlier work, but her songwriting is just as innocent and heartfelt-sounding as ever.
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BlenderDawson tunefully balances girlish zeal with womanly maturity. [Nov 2004, p.132]
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Entertainment WeeklyAchieve[s] the rare bliss of adult pop wisdom. [8 Oct 2004, p.114]
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This approach leads either to a powerful, palpable intensity that's unremitting, or to a suffocating bathos that's maddeningly distracting from the words of the songs themselves, which ultimately prove inventive and compelling by anyone's standards.
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Whether Kimya is trying to find the light side of death or losing faith in her heroes of past, she comes off rather upfront, upbeat, and positive.
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Under The RadarDelivers deeply personal, uncompromising songwriting tucked into intelligent and clever lyrics. [#8, p.114]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 9
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Mixed: 0 out of 9
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Negative: 1 out of 9
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sweennieJun 15, 2005wonderfull!
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DanielBMar 27, 2005Yeah this record is awesome. Fire, lullaby for the taken, singing machine. 5 years? Awesome
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giuliaFeb 7, 2005very symphatic. and i mean "5 years" is briliant.