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Is Alive & Well & Living in Buenos Aires: Heavy Frenz the Solo Anthology 2001-2017 Image
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  • Summary: The four-disc collection of songs from the solo career of the British singer-songwriter features B-sides, radio session and previously unreleased songs.
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  • Record Label: Cherry Red
  • Genre(s): Britpop, Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Film Music, Neo-Glam
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  1. Oct 12, 2017
    100
    A prime opportunity to taste everything from Haines’ buffet--sweet and savoury alike.
  2. 80
    This is a collection that displays consistently and rigorously the undervalued, underexposed talent of one of the country’s best post-Ray Davies songwriters and one that, despite its length and sometimes haphazard nature is a fitting milestone to this prolific, profound and playful master of the songwriting form.
  3. Oct 10, 2017
    80
    This is a great collection from a unique artist. Haines is a dazzling songwriter who, although he loves rock ‘n’ roll, feels no need to endlessly recreate the same timeworn material until he finally succumbs to the supper club circuit.
  4. Oct 10, 2017
    70
    Longtime fans will find plenty of grist for the mill, but for the uninitiated, Haines will likely remain a singular but elusive character, which is probably exactly the way he likes it.
  5. Uncut
    Oct 17, 2017
    70
    [The] 4CD set filleting his post-Auteurs solo works. ... Disc four features wreckage from his abandoned musical about demon landlord Nicholas van Hoogstraten. [Nov 2017, p.48]