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Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

  • Summary: The latest album for the British singer-songwriter was produced by the artist himself.
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  1. David Gray might not fit most people's definitions of a revolutionary artist, but he's effected his own startling transformation here.
  2. On his eighth studio album, Gray reclaims and reinvigorates his territory with Draw the Line, a polished yet ragged collection of complex love and exasperation melodies.
  3. Draw the Line makes rather beguiling listening as the nights begin to draw in.
  4. Q Magazine
    60
    Exuding vague disquiet rather than outright despair, the self-produced DRaw The Line freshens up the formula just enough to keep things interesting. [Oct 2009, p.108]
  5. The knock on Gray has always been that he's a bit boring, and Line, despite some genuinely nice moments and affecting vocal turns, isn't likely to change anyone's mind on that point.
  6. Draw the Line is essentially another cog in the folksy wheel he's been spinning since "New Day at Midnight."
  7. Mojo
    40
    It's all tawdrily familiar. [Oct 2009, p.102]

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  1. Sep 12, 2013
    7
    "Draw The Line" doesn't deviate from 00's David Gray. 11 tracks that veer between not bad and good without ever catching fire. There are"Draw The Line" doesn't deviate from 00's David Gray. 11 tracks that veer between not bad and good without ever catching fire. There are plenty of albums in todays market selling on the back of a couple of hit singles with nothing else but filler. At least with David Gray, there is little more substance present. Opener "Fugitive" is probably the strongest track quickly followed by the impressive title track "Draw The Line". Overall, the first half of the album is generally decent and notably stronger than the second half. Expand