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7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

  • Summary: The third full-length solo release for the musician who worked with Ty Segall features a full string quartet.
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Turn Around
Turn Around - Conor Maynard Turn around, open your eyes Look at me now Turn around, girl I've got you We won't fall down, yeah We can see, forever... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 16 out of 22
  2. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. May 8, 2015
    80
    MCIII goes to show that Mikal Cronin is someone who follows instincts worth following, but who is also wise enough to know that what’s in your imagination can always become bigger and better the more you work at it.
  2. Apr 30, 2015
    80
    Now and then, as on Say, the bigness of the music prevents you from really hearing and feeling the lyrics through the trumpet blasts and huge solos. But then I've Been Loved comes along, sounding a bit like the Eagles and touched with seriously melancholy cello, and you sense the gravitas beneath the dizzying crescendos.
  3. May 5, 2015
    80
    It’s not a few hits padded out with rote genre exercises--it’s thematically consistent and maintains a high level of craftsmanship throughout. Dads and grads can both dig it.
  4. Apr 29, 2015
    70
    MCIII might fail to live up to its billing as concept album, but it absolutely doesn’t fail to provide a steady stream of big-hearted guitar-pop songs.
  5. May 5, 2015
    70
    The arrangements are hyped-up and lush, the harmonies are soaring, and there is at least one bona fide prog opus.
  6. May 7, 2015
    61
    Cronin’s dulcet hesitance has given way to slightly meeker delivery. The hooks are there--in the engaging vocal counterpoint to a descending horn line on the bridge of "Say", for instance--but they’re difficult to appreciate.
  7. May 12, 2015
    50
    Side one of MCIII consists of perfectly enjoyable songs, with similar ingredients--piano, interesting guitar work, a voice reminiscent of ‘60s pop, but that ineffable thing that makes songs stick in your head just doesn’t seem to be here.... The second half of the album is problematic in a different way.

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  1. May 5, 2015
    7
    It's just great. I loved his first two albums, and in this one the only thing he does (and it was a great decision) is experiment more andIt's just great. I loved his first two albums, and in this one the only thing he does (and it was a great decision) is experiment more and make it bigger. His voice really expresses and his solos are more expansive than ever. Although it feels like it loses momentum after the first half, after you listen it a few times, it all starts to make sense. Expand