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UncutSep 17, 2015Strikingly immediate, yet also rewarding repeated immersion, the 10 tracks here are, just as Forster intended, amusing, infectious and relaxed. [Oct 2015, p.65]
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Oct 6, 2015Songs to Play may not be as incandescent and life affirming as the best of the wonderful Go-Betweens but at times it gets close, which is high praise indeed.
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Sep 24, 2015In general, arch suits him better than earnest or sentimental, but the sombre mood of closing song Disaster in Motion is nigglingly affecting, its narrow-eyed survey of the flow and mulch of life laced with ambiguity.
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Sep 18, 2015Songs To Play finds Forster at his most energetic and free. While this set can't be regarded as "unrestrained," these spirited, well-crafted songs offer rock & roll in a manner he's never even hinted at before.
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Sep 18, 2015Quite simply, Songs to Play is an excellent Robert Forster record.
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MagnetSep 17, 2015Songs To Play sounds musically assured, but it's that double-edged sense of humor that proves that Forster is truly back. [No. 124, p.54]
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Sep 17, 2015Songs To Play (the allusion to Leonard Cohen in the title, surely, is deliberate) is Robert Forster at his most singular.
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Oct 22, 2015Songs to Play needs to be acknowledged as an album from a unique songwriter who just so happened to catch his sound so damn well that it makes a strong case for Forster’s artistic life beyond the Go-Betweens.
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Oct 1, 2015Songs to Play is a quiet success, maybe not as quiet as it seems at first, but operating with a definite modesty and restraint. It’s a record that takes some playing before its warbly charms come clear, but it’s worth the time.
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Nov 9, 2015These songs may be too mellow for their own good, but they're sure hard to turn off.
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MojoSep 17, 2015The album is mainly archetypal Forster. [Oct 2015, p.92]