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May 16, 2012These aren't songs simply notable for their attitude or irreverence--they're a fine collection of songs, period.
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Feb 29, 2012Sonically, it's on par with the rest of his discography: meaty instrumentation, multi-layered vocals, winks and smirks.
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Feb 27, 2012A cut above.
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Feb 27, 2012Whereas Too Young to Be in Love was the excited doodles of a crush's name in a notebook, Hairdresser Blues is the discarding of the love letters that came after.
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Feb 27, 2012Hairdresser Blues offers a more intimate window in to a more down-to-earth personal world, allowing room for that enormous persona to be folded back into the greater sum of Bogart's infectious songwriting personality.
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Feb 28, 2012Bogart takes his listener on a jangled journey that doesn't always make sense.
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Feb 28, 2012Though Blues is a quick listen, clocking in at a scant 26 minutes, it twists and turns (and builds up and breaks down) so much that it feels much longer and somehow more complete than past efforts.
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Mar 16, 2012Overall, the album is something of a grower.
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Mar 15, 2012It's a quick, occasionally dirty and sweetly affecting collection of ballads about ill-fated romance, the Bay City Rollers and letting go of love.
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Mar 1, 2012A more intimate look at both the man and the musician.
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Mar 1, 2012The news is, basically, modest: On the whole, Hairdresser Blues picks up where the first album left off.
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May 7, 2012It's sweet, it's charming, Bogart isn't much of a singer but doesn't have to be – but it's all a bit boring.
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Feb 27, 2012A curiosity from a true talent.