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Jan 7, 2015While there is nothing particular off about this quiet, solid collection--consisting of little more than Hitchcock’s voice over quite acoustic guitars and the occasional piano and cello--it’s still a pretty muted, low-energy affair that is not immediately memorable.
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Sep 12, 2014Taking the piss by playing against type, Hitchcock’s The Man Upstairs is devoid of any mystery or humor, refuting the claim that “A Robyn Hitchcock album always sounds like a Robyn Hitchcock album.”
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Q MagazineAug 29, 2014To a drumless folk palette of voice, guitar, piano and cello, he deftly blends his own compositions with covers of The Psychedelic Furs, Roxy Music and The Doors into a sweetly morose song suite that examines the heartsick mature male, post-love affair, wondering what it's all about. [Oct 2014, p.110]
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Aug 26, 2014Not everything clicks, but Hitchcockian takes on songs like Roxy Music's "To Turn You On," the Psychedelic Furs' "The Ghost in You" and his own "Trouble in Your Blood" are hushed and lovely.
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Aug 25, 2014Five choice covers and five new originals that flirt with the fantastic, yet avoid an unnecessary trip down the rabbit hole.
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Aug 22, 2014The Man Upstairs is nearly dominated by unremarkable covers, often of songs dating from Hitchcock's own heyday and formative years.