| Category | Rating |
|---|---|
| Track Structure | 9 |
| Interest | 8 |
| Melody | 9 |
| Performance | 10 |
| Lyrics | 8 |
| Enjoyment | 9 |
| Recording Quality | 10 |
| Commercial Appeal | 9 |
| Overall | 9 |
Your reviewer can’t help thinking that he’s on a hiding to nothing taking on a track that, at the time of writing, had received 52 comments, 37 ratings, been downloaded 31 times and hit the #1 spot here on MP3Unsigned. But hey, that’s the price you pay for inviting requests for reviews.
Mind you, couple that with the fact that one half of this collaboration (Redshirt Theory) has had, at the time of writing, 41500 or so page views, has No. 1s as regularly as a pensioner with a urinary tract infection and greets a No. 2 with about as much joy as Gillian McKeith in the latest episode of “You are what you eat” and the other half (The Tartan Rascals) regard sobriety as a state worse than Iran on 4th July and you’ll understand this is not a job to take on lightly.
But there we are. It’s no good putting your head above the parapet if you get vertigo plumbing the shallows and, anyway, I have skin that makes a rhinoceros’s look like a new born babe’s so… away we go.
And that’s where the first problem emerges.
Here is a track about which it is difficult to find fault, and let me tell you why.
First of all there’s the production which is not just crystal clear but which has the warmth which smacks, to me, of having drifted somewhere near to Pro Tools on its journey towards MP3Unsigned. And then there’s the depth and breadth of the sound which is draw-joppingly good (kind of like waking up in the middle of the Pacific Ocean knowing it’s a long way down as well as to the nearest civilisation – but the whole experience is still immensely enjoyable).
Then there’s the “backing track” although that’s the wrong expression because there’s nothing “in the back” about this as it sits so well inside the mix that it should more rightly be called the encompassing track. It wraps itself so warmly and securely around the vocals that it really does sound like a velvet fist inside a velvet glove. If I was being ultra picky I would have just brought the vocals forward a smidgen but, like I say, that is a tiny, minor inconvenience as far as this track is concerned.
But while I’m at it (moaning that is) I do wish people would stick up their lyrics – I like to read while I’m listening (and it saves so much work when reviewing).
But this is minor nit-picking.
Whether it’s No.1s or No.2s you’re after this track is like a colonic irrigation for the musical soul.
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