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Aug 17, 2015With durable songs, classic melodies, an idiosyncratic manner, wit, and a transportive quality to the arrangements, it'd be greedy to ask much more of a singing songsmith.
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UncutAug 14, 2015[Black's] bright, clear voice supported by lush soundscape of horns, strings and piano. [Sep 2015, p.81]
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Aug 14, 2015Sweet Baboo’s gloriously eccentric back catalogue has nevertheless often hinted at the capacity to deliver a truly special record: a glorious, emphatic collection of songs showcasing his truly affecting vocal and knack for ridiculously insistent hooks. No further hints are required for, with The Boombox Ballads, Black has got there.
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Aug 14, 2015The songs on this album show something less funny but nevertheless meaningful: a songwriter deeply in love, with his wife as well as his life and art.