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- Summary: The British singer-songwriter worked with producer Joe Boyd on his 20th full-length solo release that includes covers and new original songs.
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- Record Label: Yep Roc
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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| Comme toujours, here I am Avec rien in my hand Comme toujours je t'en prie You know so much more than me Comme toujours Comme toujours nous... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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MojoAug 22, 2014Hitchcock's own songs--especially Trouble In Your Blood and San Francisco Patrol--maintain the heartsick mood, drawing the corners of this record together into a beautifully measured whole. [Sep 2014, p.91]
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Aug 25, 2014Robyn brings an affecting vulnerability to all the performances. Whimsicality is turned down a couple of notches and the tenderness that has always underpinned his best material shines through.
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Sep 8, 2014Sure, the eccentricities of other solo efforts like Eye or I Often Dream of Trains are missing, but to complain about that would be asking for a lack of honesty that The Man Upstairs simply refuses to provide.
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Aug 26, 2014Intriguing and introspective, The Man Upstairs warrants considerable praise.
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Aug 26, 2014The Man Upstairs has warmth and charm galore, but it needs someone, anyone, reaching down to more strongly pull the strings.
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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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Aug 22, 2014The Man Upstairs is nearly dominated by unremarkable covers, often of songs dating from Hitchcock's own heyday and formative years.
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