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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Time doesnt change Brilliance like this, 11 April 2005
By A Customer
This is one of my favourite albums of all time, it has been sadly overlooked by a media and audience who didnt want to give it a chance prefering John Squire to stay away from the mic. Its true as well, he'll never win Pop Idol with his voice, but then again thats my point exactly. The songs here are astonishingly deep both musically ,with layers of great guitars and lyrically. "Time Changes Everything" is a philosophical masterpiece and its vision is 15 days ahead of anything else around, and a whole lot better that any thing by the puzzlingly more succesful former Stone Rose Ian Brown .
Best tracks are "joe Louis", "I miss you" (an ode to Ian Brown) and my personal favourite "Sophia" which is so beautiful i could cry.
Buy this is you like deep and beautiful things, youll love this if you like the Roses, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake or the countryside.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fabulous record, 23 Aug 2003
For such a talented musician, John Squire's output over his 20 year career has been sadly low in quantity, if not in quality - both Roses albums deserve to stand forever among the greats. This is only the 4th record he has been a part of, and the first for 5 years, so fans of his were desperately hoping for something good, or an improvement on the Seahorses at least. As it turns out, he has produced one of the standout LPs of the last few years.
Classy songwriting from start to finish, Time Changes Everything is filled with beautiful, heartfelt songs of such quality as to render the lukewarm critical reception inexplicable. It may not feature the same guitar grooves or charging riffs of his Roses days, but Squire has changed now (he is 40!), and his musical style has evolved with him. It may be something new, but he still manages to reach stantards attained by very few.
Whether you will like his solo efforts will depend to an extent on if you like his voice, which is pretty unique and certainly engaging, to me anyway. Whether you think he sounds like Dylan, Lennon or whoever is unimportant - he has put a lot into these songs, and this comes across in his singing. He may not exhibit passion in an exuberant fashion, but his music is personal and involving, and played out with so much spirit - a quality lacking in practically all other modern music. John also happens to be perhaps the greatest guitarist ever to come form the UK, and though his playing mostly takes a back seat, there are still plenty of calming, distinctly rock-based riffs to be found. He has obviously put a lot into his singing, but hasn't forgetten that playing guitar is what he does best. The music here is expertly structured and played, and quite effortless, without ever falling to plain acoustic strumming.
No track feels ultimately out of place, but not because they are indistinguishable from one another. Some may take a few listens to win you over, but in the end it's impossible to pick a favourite. There are just no low points at all. I really hope there will be a lot of re-evaluation of this album, as in my opinion it is one of the finest solo debuts ever. I can't recommend it highly enough. Congratulations John, this is brilliant.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It is good!, 1 Nov 2003
Right, I'll be brief. This is, on the whole, a good album. It's very good in fact, musically and lyrically. Albeit, Squire's voice may not be the best, once you get used to it after two or three listens, it really grows on you. If you can, like me, take albums as they come, and not bother about what went before then you may well enjoy it. Remember when Second Coming came out and people were pissed off it wasn't like the debut? A five year gap and as John says, "Time Changes Everything". If you ignore his previous achievements (which are pretty much unmatchable by anyone) then you may enjoy it. It's a lot slower than his previous stuff, it's not so guitar heavy either. There aren't any massive air guitar moments here. Sorry to disapoint. There were in his life set, good stuff. If you like this ,you should get the Japanese import of his live CD. Order it from hmv.co.jp though. I tryed from here and I cancelled when it didn't come after 2/3 months with the delivery being pushed back to early next year. Anyway, back to the point! Give this a chance, it's almost Dylan like, but not so boring.
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