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This record is worth listening to for a perfect escape from the worries that one makes of the real world. Touring guitarist for the band Pulp and former member of the Longpigs, Sheffield, England's Richard Hawley creates an album brooding with creativity and charm. With dreamy and ethereal instrumental works throughout, Hawley paints the town psychedelic with spirit and fervent passion. From beginning to end, this Bar None release is chock-full of reflective lyrical statements and stunning, pristine guitar and percussive statements. Many of the vocal mixes take the listener from a state of pop/rock hysteria to nightclub righteousness. Hawley's lyrics express themes like precious memories of lost loves, moonlit outings, and humorous daylight excursions. "The Light at the End of the Tunnel," a gem of sorts and the final track, promises to be a tearjerker every time. Hawley's stunning and crafty vocals hardly fail to stir the souls and hearts of the active listener. An alternative rock album with a hint of blues done in a psychedelic setting, Late Night Final is a fine album for an English rocker, a fine journey by a singer/songwriter with budding potential. ~ Shawn M. Haney, All Music Guide
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Love Lockdown KanYe West |
| KanYe West keeps on challenging the limits of hip-hop: if "Graduation" was his pop album, the first single from "808s and Heartaches" sees the star going all soulful and expanding the most spiritual side of former highlights such as "Jesus Walk" or "Can't Tell me Nothing". Arguably the first interactive recording ever made, thanks to the KanYe's official blog; when the original mix was posted, many fans reacted sending an avalanche of negative feedback; maybe it was the use of popular pitch-altering software autotune, abused in recent times by everyone from Cher to T-Pain, that led the audience to revolt and ended up with the notorious perfectionist re-recording the vocals and adding some taiko drums to highlight its minimal beat, imitating a heart pounding; posting it again afterwards for general approval. Not happy with that, he later went the Radiohead way, making six different stems (vocals, drums, piano, etc.) available for fans to remix the song themselves. "Love Lockdown" can be seen as West upgrading himself from rapper to proper soul singer and is one of his more inspired and powerful moments to date. A mind-blowing closing performance at this year's VMAs ignited a chart frenzy all over the world and it looks set to last for a few months. | |
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