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- Summary: The sophomore solo album for the Mojave 3 and Slowdive member.
- Record Label: Brushfire
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Oh! Mighty Engine returns to the land of sublime bedroom pop, all acoustic-based and velvet-vocaled, sincere but never strained, pretty and bittersweet.
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Q MagazineIt's intimate, folkie, more Anglo than Mojave 3, not at all Slowdivey. [Dec 2008, p.108]
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Commercial considerations aside, this is a finely crafted and lovingly realised album that Halstead should be proud of, and which deserves to finds its way into more homes than the usual coterie of 4AD fans.
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Under The RadarOh! ighty engine offers a few silver linings throughout the acoustic bedroom proceedings. [Fall 2008, p.81]
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Despite the playful mandolin and nods to Morten Harket, the snoozy melodies weigh down his homespun wisdom, and this little engine runs out of steam.
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UncutOh! Mighty Engine is typically whimsical, low key and surprisingly touching (when you can make out what he is singing). [Oct 2008, p.90]
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Sounding, for the most part, like a Stars In Their Eyes version of Cat Stevens, the album lacks variety, imagination and charisma.
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