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67

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  • Summary: The latest solo album for the former lead singer of Hefner was composed on a piano while he recovered from a fractured skull.
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Jan 25, 2012
    80
    One of the most rewarding albums he has made in recent years.
  2. Jan 25, 2012
    80
    With little in the way of instrumentation and production tricks there's a rich atmosphere of intimacy running through the album and it's difficult not to take a shine to this no-nonsense approach.
  3. Jan 25, 2012
    70
    If he's not yet unanimously considered the greatest cardigan-stylee speccy-sporting dweeby loser type songwriter-man of recent decades, he's surely on his miserable, merry way.
  4. Q Magazine
    Jan 25, 2012
    60
    At times The Ship's Piano seems like one long love letter... laced with sentiment and heartfelt thanks for life's greatest gift. [Nov 2011, p. 135]
  5. Mojo
    Jan 25, 2012
    60
    An intimate, home-recorded piece that feels like a private performance.[Nov 2011, p. 95]