Frank Blacks best solo album ever. Super mellow.

Stands out like a shiny dime against the old money of a familiar genre. Positive and uplifting.

superb album, it's the new van morrison!

SING FOR JOY This is not an album that grabs you by your balls rather it seeps slowly into your soul. Give the album a couple of listens and you will be justly rewarded. Remember to bring along a tissue for the 'shrimp song'.

Incredible what this man has achieved in just four days. Who needs that Pixies album when he could be making more music like this.

At first this record seemed too mellow, too mid-tempo for me. But upon repeated listenings I grew really love it's warm, smoothness and wise lyrics about love and life.

1solid album (pistolero) out of five purchases?

what the?

I actually wasn't expecting this project to be as successful as it turned out. There are a few moments where it seems Frank is teetering dangerously close to middle aged wussiness (eg. the second half of "My life is in storage") but these instances are completely overshadowed by the craftsmanship of Frank's song writing and lyrical inventiveness. "Sing for Joy" is an epic, bittersweet, affirmation of life that alone is worth the price of purchase. It caps a very solid effort by Frank.… Expand

I was a huge Pixies fan back in the day but I hadn't really got into Frank Black's solo stuff until I recently bought Bluefinger, Dog in the Sand and Honeycomb practically at the same time... I'm a big fan again!

Mellow - smooth - a joy to listen to in this summer heat - so relaxing

It warms the cockles of my Brummie heart.

This is Frank's masterpiece to date. Every song is finely crafted. I listen to this album non stop and am not bored. It's like meeting my husband for the first time-- I am instantly farmilar and enraptured and crave to know every detail of this work of art! This is a must for any serious music collector!

it certainly is no teenager of the year but its nice to finally hear a frank black record that isnt full of as many stinkers as good tracks. this record grows on you as most of franks albums do. hes definately got some great players behind him and its his most mature release to date.

Sadly underrated album. Gets better and better and better.

Nothing bad...just nothing really exciting, either. Sort of jazz-like, which I wasn't really expecting.

Most immediately accessible songs on this album are the 3 covers. Black's original material is hit and miss (more hits than misses though). All in all a triumph of dark but mellow Americana.

brilliant! from trompe le monde to this... makes complete sense to me!

While I think it's silly to give this a 10 rating or claim that it is his best solo cd (that claim easily belongs to Teenager of the Year), this is a very solid cd, his most consistent since Dogs in the Sand, and quite beautiful.

What the? How could anyone give this great album a 3 or a 2?