True, but then he shouldn't keep self-gesticulating that he's in his best form and this 'feels like my best ever record' ... but don't get me wrong ... I wasn't necessarily referring to 'rockers' ... earlier ballads and experiments like YDSTM, I Shoulda, Time & Temp, etc, had 'oomph' ... gutsy and bluesy ... that was imprinted on all his work ... it's his trademark ... all this mockney singing, trying to be folky and pan-pipe / fiddle nonsense ... I don't get where he's coming from ... the sound is utter pants again (why keep using Black Barn when it was only ever good enough for demos in previous years?!) ... and lyrically, this is his weakest album since Cost Of Loving -- WHO BRINGS JOY

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Date Posted: 09:21:03 06/06/08 Fri
Author: The Loved
Subject: True, but then he shouldn't keep self-gesticulating that he's in his best form and this 'feels like my best ever record' ... but don't get me wrong ... I wasn't necessarily referring to 'rockers' ... earlier ballads and experiments like YDSTM, I Shoulda, Time & Temp, etc, had 'oomph' ... gutsy and bluesy ... that was imprinted on all his work ... it's his trademark ... all this mockney singing, trying to be folky and pan-pipe / fiddle nonsense ... I don't get where he's coming from ... the sound is utter pants again (why keep using Black Barn when it was only ever good enough for demos in previous years?!) ... and lyrically, this is his weakest album since Cost Of Loving
In reply to: A.K 's message, "22 Dreams Review.." on 13:14:00 06/04/08 Wed

>Ive listened to the album a good few times since
>monday morning and can safely say iam loving it...very
>bold move to put out a double album in this download
>age, where people's attention spans are very short..so
>here it goes..
>1 Light Nights...
>Really lovely acoustic somg, some great guitar from Mr
>Cradock and would of fitted well onto AIN.
>2 22 Dreams, Should of been the opening song, great
>song LIVE aswell, very punchy.
>3 All I Wanna Do..Another middle paced song, and also
>very good live..
>4 Have you made up your mind.. The single off the
>album so far and the better song of the two
>IMHO..great riff and good vocals
>5 Empty Ring my second fav off the album, Simon Dine's
>fingers all over this song with a great drum loop and
>gets a great vocal performance out of P.W...superb
>song..and yet another great LIVE song.
>6 Invisable.. One of the weakest songs on the album,
>he's done to many of these plodding piano based
>songs..bit like Frightened off Illlmuation...BTW the
>demo version on the 2nd disc (Special Edition) is the
>better version.
>7 Song For Alice...nice bit of filler/ into to my fave
>track
>8 Cold Monets...very SCouncil..which is no bad thing,
>could of come straight off "Confessions" album sounds
>like it could of also come off LOVE Forever
>Changes....can't stop playing this...
>9 The Dark Pages etc...another interlude
>10 BVlack River Dident like this when it was the B
>Side to the PW/Coxon single last year, but fits very
>well onto 22.
>11 Why Walk When You Can Run... Sounds like it should
>of been on AIN...sounds like a B Side to me...so so..
>12 Push It Along...Should be the next single...fookin
>great song and sounds better LIVE
>13 A Dream reprise...
>14 Echoes Round The Sun...Still not to sure about this
>song, sounds half finshed to me...could be agrower
>though..
>15 One Bright Star Dident like this at first, but defo
>a grower...PW doing a waltz..unthinkable....but it
>works!
>16 Lullaby Fur Kinder..Nice piece of music...but would
>be better with lyices...skipping this at the moment
>17 Where'er Ye Go...wasted oppo IMHO needs a chorus,
>could be a better song, needs work
>18 God....bloody awfull child like poem...
>19 111...just a series of noises..
>20 Sea Spray......The one song on the LP that i wake
>up humming...must be a good thing...great tune...more
>like these please PW...
>21 Night Lites...Well what can you say but????????
>
>Overall a great piece of music, glad he is stretching
>himself and his song writing...as for gathering new
>fans i doubt it very much...could do with taking a few
>tracks off it and making it a really solid 16 song
>album....keep on keeping on!!

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[> Black Barn? Cos he does everything on the cheap now a days.IMHO.Im still listening to the album and havent made up my mind what I think.Cant be doing with the lyrics in Push it along -- cazx, 13:38:54 06/06/08 Fri

>Ive listened to the album a good few times since
>monday morning and can safely say iam loving it...very
>bold move to put out a double album in this download
>age, where people's attention spans are very short..so
>here it goes..
>1 Light Nights...
>Really lovely acoustic somg, some great guitar from Mr
>Cradock and would of fitted well onto AIN.
>2 22 Dreams, Should of been the opening song, great
>song LIVE aswell, very punchy.
>3 All I Wanna Do..Another middle paced song, and also
>very good live..
>4 Have you made up your mind.. The single off the
>album so far and the better song of the two
>IMHO..great riff and good vocals
>5 Empty Ring my second fav off the album, Simon Dine's
>fingers all over this song with a great drum loop and
>gets a great vocal performance out of P.W...superb
>song..and yet another great LIVE song.
>6 Invisable.. One of the weakest songs on the album,
>he's done to many of these plodding piano based
>songs..bit like Frightened off Illlmuation...BTW the
>demo version on the 2nd disc (Special Edition) is the
>better version.
>7 Song For Alice...nice bit of filler/ into to my fave
>track
>8 Cold Monets...very SCouncil..which is no bad thing,
>could of come straight off "Confessions" album sounds
>like it could of also come off LOVE Forever
>Changes....can't stop playing this...
>9 The Dark Pages etc...another interlude
>10 BVlack River Dident like this when it was the B
>Side to the PW/Coxon single last year, but fits very
>well onto 22.
>11 Why Walk When You Can Run... Sounds like it should
>of been on AIN...sounds like a B Side to me...so so..
>12 Push It Along...Should be the next single...fookin
>great song and sounds better LIVE
>13 A Dream reprise...
>14 Echoes Round The Sun...Still not to sure about this
>song, sounds half finshed to me...could be agrower
>though..
>15 One Bright Star Dident like this at first, but defo
>a grower...PW doing a waltz..unthinkable....but it
>works!
>16 Lullaby Fur Kinder..Nice piece of music...but would
>be better with lyices...skipping this at the moment
>17 Where'er Ye Go...wasted oppo IMHO needs a chorus,
>could be a better song, needs work
>18 God....bloody awfull child like poem...
>19 111...just a series of noises..
>20 Sea Spray......The one song on the LP that i wake
>up humming...must be a good thing...great tune...more
>like these please PW...
>21 Night Lites...Well what can you say but????????
>
>Overall a great piece of music, glad he is stretching
>himself and his song writing...as for gathering new
>fans i doubt it very much...could do with taking a few
>tracks off it and making it a really solid 16 song
>album....keep on keeping on!!

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