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Mar 6, 2012Tunes that are both brainy and catchy, full of life.
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Apr 6, 2012Barry Adamson, formerly of Magazine and The Bad Seeds, has released his most commercial-friendly album to date.
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UncutFeb 14, 2012The songwriting is always of a high quality. [Mar 2012, p.79]
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Feb 14, 2012The arrangements on Barry Adamson's latest album seem more restrained than usual, his jazz-noir ambitions trimmed to a blues-funk palette of bass and drum grooves carrying Hammond organ or piano parts, with just the occasional solo horn part.
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Feb 14, 2012I Will Set You Free is the sound of Adamson's liberation as a songwriter, producer, and arranger.
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Feb 23, 2012By letting a few slivers of sunlight in and slightly loosening his tie, Adamson has effortlessly moved his songs into a different area while still keeping proceedings going at the slickest of clips.
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MojoFeb 27, 2012There's more down the line, heart-on-the-sleeve songcraft secreted, near-guiltily, in the album's latter half. [Mar 2012, p.99]
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Feb 23, 2012There's much substance with the employment of piano, organ, synthesiser, guitar and horn solos, but the actual song structures and vocal performances don't share this same level of achievement.
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Q MagazineFeb 15, 2012All over the place, he takes you along for an engaging ride. [Feb 2012, p.97]
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Feb 15, 2012While the lyrics at times retain the smarts and wicked humor that we've come to both revel in and expect, the romantic ballads more than flirt with cliché.
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Feb 14, 2012Not all of it works, but enough of that which is tried comes off to make it an interesting addition to a substantial career.
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Feb 24, 2012Barry Adamson's I Will Set You Free is a mixed bag if there ever was one.
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Mar 21, 2012It'd make great music for a trendy lounge bar hoping to give off an edgy vibe.