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- Summary: The fourth album for the alt-country trio (whose song "Moment in the Sun" is the theme for NBC's "Ed") was produced by Joe Chiccarelli (American Music Club).
- Record Label: SpinArt
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Alt-Country
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 15
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Mixed: 3 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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SpinSound wimpy? Well, if you could write a song half as good as "Close The Door," we guarantee that your girlfriend would like you twice as much. [Sep 2003, p.115]
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Though it lacks the thematic and tonal diversity of The Ghost Of Fashion, Soft Spot finds Clem Snide at its most instrumentally expansive, lavishing the album's 11 songs in a soothing coat of strings, horns, "orchestral scenery," and other whistles and bells.
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Soft Spot is a winningly cohesive album -- both thematically and musically -- and shows Barzelay's songwriting talent growing exponentially.
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Q MagazineIt makes for a wonderfully warm way of celebrating life. [Aug 2003, p.102]
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The simple truth with Soft Spot is that it gets better, more revealing, with each listen.
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There's a melancholy at this music's core that Barzelay successfully resists by generally attempting to understand someone else's feelings rather than expressing his own.
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At best begs to be a fan-club download, since it offers so little to anyone not Eef's bride or offspring.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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EdegramJun 29, 2004delicate, beautiful... simple in the best possible way
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