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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Melanchony Malachi, 2 May 2003
Cast your minds back to Fame Academy. Malachi Cush was the tall, dark-haired Irish bloke who famously kissed Sinead Quinn. He was quiet at first, but emerged as a very warm, kind and witty man. Oh, he could sing too. The show saw him croon some beautiful ballads and occasionally something a bit quicker. When his album was released in March, it seemed to be distinctly marketed at the Daniel O’Donnell fans and this isn’t really my sort of thing. But it was Malachi, so I bought it and I am pleased I did. It contains sixteen tracks, all of which are fairly mellow apart from the wonderful A Man Is In Love, which has a very catchy Irish jig vibe to it and is one of the best tracks on the album. But the majority of the songs are slower, Malachi’s beautiful voice suiting ballads and folk songs perfectly. The tracks include one by Sting (Fields of Gold), Amazed by Lonestar, a Van Morrison song (Have I Told You Lately), a George Harrison one (Something), one by Cat Stevens (How Can I Tell You), a Garth Brooks song (The Dance) and a track penned by Don McLean (Vincent). We also have two songs co-written by Malachi himself – Just Say You Love Me and Eyes of Blue. There are three songs that Malachi sang on Fame Academy, which will please fans of the programme. Indeed, these were my initial favourites – Fields of Gold, Something and Vincent – but repeated listening has established Amazed as my firm favourite. I also really like All I Want Is You and Just Say You Love Me. Sinead Quinn makes an appearance too, duetting with him on You’re The One. You won’t find anything experimental or rocky here. What you will find is an album that features a beautiful voice singing beautiful songs. It wouldn’t be a good album to play at parties, but it is ideal for relaxing to and as background music. Turn the light off, lie down with a glass of wine or cup of tea and chill out. Highly recommended.
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