| Category | Rating |
|---|---|
| Track Structure | 9 |
| Interest | 9 |
| Melody | 8 |
| Performance | 8 |
| Lyrics | 8 |
| Enjoyment | 9 |
| Recording Quality | 9 |
| Commercial Appeal | 8 |
| Overall | 8.5 |
This is an incredibly well structured song. I enjoyed listening to this track a lot and I'm really looking forward to the remake that has been mentioned.
First off, the production is as close to perfection as you can get in a home recording environment. The acoustic guitar sound is exceptional. Nice and crisp, clear as a bell but with enough low mid and bottom end to keep it warm sounding. The distorted guitar is maybe a little too distorted for the context of the track it's in. To me, the track needs something like a les paul through a Marshall sound for the dirty guitar. It would complement, rather than intrude, which I felt the heavily distorted guitar did. The solo guitar had too much top end on it and to me sounded slightly thin sounding in comparison to the backing track, the sound, however, did not detract from teh enjoyment of the solo in any way shape or form though.
The drums sound gerat. Nice kick drum, outstanding snare and exceptionally well done. I would suggest that the drums were slightly guilty of being lazy, not as far as timing goes, but they could certainly be doing more fills and some intricate fills to really colour the track.
All of the instrument performances on this track are fantastic. The musicianship demonstrated takes Craig's stock to a very high level in my opinion. My only gripe about performance involves the vocals. In general, the vocal is delivered in a very confident and competent manner, it is the highest notes of Craig's range that are just ever so slightly off. This could very easily be remedied by just the lightest touch of auto tune on the highest notes and the notes held for any length of time which would, in my eyes, completely polish off a reasonably solid vocal performance.
The song posseses a good, solid structure. My only suggestion for the structure would be to switch the first and second pre-choruses around because to my ears the first was too long and the second too long. There are a few, excellently placed dynamic build ups and tacits which round off an interesting listen. The vocal melody is very good, the harmonies fit in well and overall, it's a reasonably commercially viable track.
The lyrics I found particularly good. The description of the song's intent noted by Craig in his information box for the song is spot on. He has hit the nail right on the the head with the lyric for this tune. Sadly, it is this fine lyric that detracts from the songs commercial potential. The chorus melody is first rate, but for me, there are too many syllables to remember to enable an immediate sing-a-long. I like a song where you can sing the chorus along with the tune the second time the chorus appears in the song. Something you can sing whilst you're cleaning the windows, style of thing. Obviously, not every song can possibly have that type of grab-you-by-the-vulnerables type of chorus and, although this song doesn't have that type of chorus, it doesn't mean it's a dreadful song.
Overall, I think this is an incredibly well executed and produced piece of music from a more than competent musician and vocalist. Yes, I've heard better, but I've also heard a whole lot worse. This is a song I would certainly suggest everyone has a listen to. An enjoyable melody, some sweet musicianship and a lesson in rock production for all.
T-Bone Truj
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