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- Summary: London-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matt Hales returns with a second album following two years of touring in support of his debut 'Strange And Beautiful.'
- Record Label: Sony
- Genre(s): Rock, Adult Alternative, Singer/Songwriter
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Something to Believe in | |
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You talk too much Maybe that's your way Of breaking up the silence That fills you up But it doesn't sound the same When no one's really listening We... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 8
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Mixed: 2 out of 8
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Negative: 1 out of 8
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Memory Man will be one of the strongest efforts released in 2007.
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MojoMemory Man comes at you with a hesitant rush, portraying bespectacled, nice Mr. Hales as an improbably suburban Jeff Buckley--no glamour, all passion. [Oct 2007, p.94]
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So while Aqualung may not be doing anything on Memory Man that is wholly different than all of the Coldplays and Rufus Wainwrights of the world, there is a certain down-to-earth charm inherent in Hales that his peers often lack.
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He's an expert at creating mesmerizing, sophisticated pop.
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SpinTrades Parachutes-era wistfulness for Kid A-style gloom. [Mar 2007, p.88]
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Q MagazineSo outstanding is 'Cinderella' that its siblings pale in its shadow. [Sep 2007, p.88]
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The lightness and clarity that once set Hales apart is here squashed by overwrought arrangements of lesser melodies that replace pop classicism with conventional rock bluster.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 20
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Mixed: 0 out of 20
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Negative: 1 out of 20
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L.WynnMar 21, 2007
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N.ReardonMar 21, 2007Worth the long wait
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FarhanJJul 22, 2007The greatest 3rd album by any new comer!!!!!!!!
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JenniferRMar 23, 2007
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IanBApr 24, 2007This album has an intensity no other posesses.
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MelissaNMay 2, 2007
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jkmMar 20, 2007
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