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2,045 - Total Helpful Votes: 496 of 560
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
The music of Kitty, Daisy & Lewis is very much a family affair; the eponymous teenage siblings (15, 19 and 17 respectively) are aided by their mum and dad on guitar and double bass, and their debut was recorded in a DIY home studio with the aim of recreating the atmosphere of their energetic live performances. The result is a fittingly youthful and joyous record combining a diverse range of influences from blues to country, made up of a mixture of covers of rock & roll classics, original tracks and instrumentals.
The exuberant single 'Going Up the Country' sets the tone for a short (less than half an hour in total) but brilliantly enjoyable collection of songs that revels in an… Read more
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
Plenty of others have written helpful summaries of the original album 'Frank', so my contribution is to provide a review of the new 'Super Deluxe Edition', packaged as a box set with a new 17-track bonus disc of 'previously unreleased radio sessions, rare demos and mixes'. This new edition is no doubt aimed mainly at dedicated fans, who will already own the album itself; the problem is that dedicated fans will also already own most of the 'rare' songs included here.
Of the tracks featured on the bonus disc, only a handful are genuinely 'new', and all but one have been heard before in some form. Admittedly, that one unheard song - a cover of the Gershwin classic 'Someone to… Read more
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16 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
It would be impossible to write anything about Sam Sparro without discussing his ubiquitous first single, so I'll get that out of the way first: 'Black and Gold' is a stunning, reflective - almost melancholy - song, impossible not to love and perhaps a classic in the making. But fans of that track should approach Sparro's debut album with caution. There's only one other slow song amongst the 14 here - 'Waiting for Time' - and it doesn't even come close to matching the brooding magnificence of 'Black and Gold'. The majority of this record is far more funky and upbeat, both innovatively futuristic and pleasingly retro.
Instead of taking the standard pop route, Sparro's music… Read more
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