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A lovely collection of Sunday morning melancholy that's as gentle as it is weary.
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Lament after lament, they start to all blend together, and all of Thomas's considerable skill as a singer, musician, and composer can't seem to create any really arresting moments, just a lot of pretty songs.
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Songs is heavy on romantic longing, but the music is so coy and smart that it rarely feels mushy.
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Paste MagazineRepresents a step forward. [Oct/Nov 2005, p.139]
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There's the potential for something here; as of If Songs Could Be Held, it's yet unrealized.
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Thomas may have been perfect for a second- or third-tier Lilith Fair stage, a place where people expect slow, introspective, sweet songwriting. However, if she hopes to capture a larger audience, she may want to first capture herself a faster metronome.
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Weak and vanilla.
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Rosie Thomas is just a little too ordinary.
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Under The RadarA bland instrumental and production aesthetic... clips the wings off her good-intentioned melodies. [#11, p.113]