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Mraz shines brightest on a pair of '70s-style piano-pop songs. 'Love for a Child' would be solid midtempo Elton John, complete with lyrics (viewing a failing relationship from the child's perspective) just oddball enough for Bernie Taupin.
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The album is harmless fun, and the funky, groovy, hook-dominated tracks are impossible to hate.
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Pondering his parents divorce or describing intricate and delicate sex acts, Mraz's tasty tenor remains a modestly classy pleasure. But he's lost crucial cool. [June 2008, p.75]
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UncutListening to this is like being followed home by a puppy--initially cute and guilelessly affecting, but rapidly irritating. [July 2008, p.104]
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Would be blockbuster from the Jack Johnson it’s really not okay to like.
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For a moment one can hear Mraz's real soul, rather than a factory-assembled version. Sadly, it's too little and too late to save this queasy record.
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MojoThey all bed down with perfunctory efficiency as the voaclly gifted, lyrically vague Mraz holds court with a nylon-string guitar. [Feb 2009, p.112]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 43 out of 60
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Mixed: 5 out of 60
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Negative: 12 out of 60
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Dec 29, 2011
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May 6, 2021
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LauraMar 2, 2009