Posted August 8, 201113 yr If you want to put all these reviews in one thread feel free to delete this thread. Daily star review http://www.dailystar.co.uk/music/view/2051...l-Young-Echoes/ REVIEW - WILL YOUNG: ECHOES 8th August 2011 By Sarah-Louise James WILL'S recent collaboration with Groove Armada appears to have rubbed off on the original Pop Idol. Come On, Personal Thunder, Losing Myself, Hearts On Fire and Runaway would all sound at home on one of the veteran dance dudes' albums. Returning on an electro tip, after 2008's Let It Go, is a great move for Will. His honeyed vocals and dreamy choruses mix perfectly with delicate dance beats. The lyrics are mostly yearning, the album as a whole seems to address the stages of a breakup - the insecurity, the jealousy, the pain, the yearning and the eventual recovery. Lie Next To Me, all about seeing an ex you're still in love with, will have you swallowing back a mini lump. As might disco groover I Just Want A Lover which on the surface is all about no-strings-fun but has sadness at its core. "I just want a lover to take away the pain." Outsider is an album highlight - a dramatic piano ballad about losing someone, with sonic echoes of Adele's Hometown Glory. "The clocks are on strike, they will not tell the time," sings Will sounding desolately soulful. Happy Now, the funky Good Things and Safe From Harm bring the album to an upbeat, positive finale. Edited August 8, 201113 yr by Sunday
August 8, 201113 yr Thank you Sunday, what a great review :yahoo: do you know if its actually in the paper or is it an online review please? Ta much bet they start thick and fast now, love Phil xxxx
August 8, 201113 yr Author It was only put online about an hour ago phil, i dont if it was in the paper sorry.
August 8, 201113 yr It was only put online about an hour ago phil, i dont if it was in the paper sorry. thanks Sunday
August 8, 201113 yr Just been out for a lovely walk along the beach & I come back to this fab review. :cheer: Thanks Sunday. I'll make a separate sticky thread thread but leave this one too for chatting.
August 11, 201113 yr Holy Moly review..7/10 A great album for people who like Will Young Thu, 11/08/2011 - 10:29 by BeccaDP •7/10 •BUY NOW: It feels like only yesterday that we were watching lovely Will Young singing Evergreen and crushing the dreams of poor stuttering Gareth Gates. But it wasn’t, it was 10 years ago! We know, time flies, doesn’t it? Well, anyway, 10 years and five albums later, and Will Young isn’t going anywhere, as his new album Echoes proves. If you listened to lead single Jealousy when we put it up last week, you sort of already know what to expect; a smooth, slow album full of gentle synths complementing Will’s lovely vocal while he sings about love and heartbreak. Jealousy is a great lead single; a slow build up of muffled bass that brings to mind Give It Away by mid-2000s dancesters Deepest Blue, in a really really good way. On Lie Next To Me, Will sings about bumping into an ex he still loves, and manages to be really heartfelt and touching without a hint of saccharine, and could easily be the best track on the album, seeing Will’s vocal range from rich and deep to reed-thin and fragile. Sad Will is replaced by Horny Will on I Just Want a Lover, where he yelps “not being sentimental, I want you to satisfy me” against a persuasive beat that, sped up, would be very danceable indeed. Hearts of Fire and Losing Myself continue the dancier feel, bearing the unmistakeable handprint of collaborators Groove Armada. At the other end of the scale, bereavement ballad Outsider is very Adele’s Hometown Glory, right down to the delivery and tone of the vocal, and it’s really sweet if not derivative. Will Young has made another great album for people who like Will Young. It’s a different take on his usual sound, and is certainly pleasing to listen to. Sure, there’s a handful of duff tracks; don’t bother with Come On and Silent Valentine, because they’re a little bit dull, and could have been jettisoned to move Good Things and Happy Now up the tracklisting. Working with Richard X and Groove Armada is a smart move for any pop star, and Will Young has worked it to its full advantage, co-writing all but one of this album’s 13 tracks, and working closely with production to produce a sound that fits him very well. Will explained that this album taught him how “to allow space into music” and that space is exactly what makes this album work; Will has walked away from soaring strings and armies of backing singers, to create a cool album that showcases his lovely voice and his love for a good synth. Here's the video for jealousy, the first release from the album: Music Review, Will Young http://www.holymoly.com/music/reviews/will...0%99s-nice58607 The best celebrity gossip site in the world.
August 11, 201113 yr That Holy Moly review is really very good although I'll not disagree with their opinions on "Come On" and "Silent Valentine" until I've heard them in full, cos from the clips these are two I really like.
August 11, 201113 yr I think the Holy Moly review is positive on the whole. They definitely don't hold back when they don't like something if you read this review of 5 tracks from Cher Lloyds album. http://www.holymoly.com/music/news/do-you-...dont-tough58403
August 11, 201113 yr It's not too bad and she gives it 7/10. But surely you wouldn't buy an album of someone you didn't like... would you :blink: But then again there have been coments from people who don't or haven't liked him but love his new direction .... so that sort of negates her view. Edited August 11, 201113 yr by munchkin
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