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David Gray might not fit most people's definitions of a revolutionary artist, but he's effected his own startling transformation here.
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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.
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Draw the Line is essentially another cog in the folksy wheel he's been spinning since "New Day at Midnight."
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The end result is a pleasing, intimate experience by no means out of context with the rest of Gray's catalogue.
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Although looser, Draw the Line doesn't reinvent the Gray wheel.
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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.
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Draw the Line makes rather beguiling listening as the nights begin to draw in.
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Q MagazineExuding 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]
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British singer/songwriter David Gray last released a proper studio album in 2005. It was called "Life in Slow Motion," and it was lovely. It was also a complete waste of that title, which could be far more accurately applied to his syrupy new LP Draw the Line.
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MojoIt's all tawdrily familiar. [Oct 2009, p.102]
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Sep 12, 2013