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7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

  • Summary: The first solo release for the co-founder of Everything But the Girl since 1983's North Marine Drive features contributions from Bernard Butler, David Gilmour, and Tracey Thorn.
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Before I left there was a weekend when we walked We barely saw a soul for two whole days The Sussex downs after rainfall is as lovely as it gets But... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
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  1. Jun 2, 2014
    80
    Hendra is an always beautiful, sometimes stunning album, if one that bears no trace of its creator's knack for house music.
  2. Apr 14, 2014
    80
    Every element is in the right place but Watt is smart enough to leave some elements undone, giving the album a human heart that's evident no matter how deliberate the entire affair may be.
  3. 80
    There’s an aching pain that throbs throughout Hendra. But as the personal suffering that shapes the album is lamented, there is a clear cathartic quality to these songs.
  4. Q Magazine
    Apr 23, 2014
    80
    The acoustic-leaning song-cycle Hendra presents mature reflections on memory and loss. [May 2014, p.120]
  5. Apr 15, 2014
    70
    Ewan Pearson (who’s also produced Thorn’s recent solo works) adds a lovely, warm sheen to many of the songs, giving a classy final touch to an album that has more hidden depths than its MOR surface may suggest.
  6. Jun 2, 2014
    70
    The songs occupy their own modern spaces with a raging peacefulness.
  7. Apr 10, 2014
    60
    Hendra is such an impressively executed time capsule that it contains not only all of the pleasantries of the genre, but also its excessive earnestness.

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