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- Summary: This full-length debut for the Irish singer/songwriter has moved beyond his home country (where it was a massive hit) to attract critical praise and strong sales worldwide. Mostly self-produced and recorded, the disc also comes in specially-designed packaging including text, artwork and photographs.
- Record Label: Vector
- Genre(s): Rock, Folk, Singer-Songwriter
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Top Track
Enter The Ninja | |
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I, I, I I am your butterfly I need your protection Be my samurai I, I, I I am your butterfly I need your protection Need your protection I'm a... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 16
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Mixed: 3 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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Minimalist folk rock in its purest form.
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Lush, impossibly mature.
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BlenderThis free-wheeling debut has the potential to run and run, carried aloft on the shoulders of the overly emotional. [#18, p.131]
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With O, Rice has brought something new to the singer/songwriter genre: an accomplished sense of dramatics that keeps his music from ever becoming earthbound.
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UncutHis folky, cello-soaked songs will appeal to David Gray devotees. [Oct 2003, p.116]
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SpinHis single, "Cannonball," will be there for you after your next breakup. [Nov 2003, p.117]
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The big, inescapable problem with O is that, aside from being derivative, Rice's songwriting is also unbearably repetitive-- he stubbornly relies upon time-tested singer/songwriter formulas (quiet acoustic strumming and sober, wavering vocals), and repeats them almost exactly the same way, every time.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 43 out of 48
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Mixed: 3 out of 48
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Negative: 2 out of 48
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CradduckFeb 3, 2004Ingenius
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LouiseMDec 4, 2003thank you Damo.
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May 30, 2017
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JohnMar 30, 2004
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MattJOct 5, 2005Beautiful, yet deep, one of the few great singer songwriters of this generation
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PepsicolkahJan 4, 2007great.
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JamesCJul 31, 2004
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