Dear Life
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80
Meditative and mellow and full of melancholic balladry, βDear Lifeβ is a love letter to life and all its intricacies.
1y
80
Bold yet thoughtful, David Gray’s meditations on relationships under pressure reveal a soul in flux. Plus, the week’s best new songs.
1y
80
Never mind that he's British. David Gray might be the most consequential Irish songwriter of his generation. On Dear Life he's in a state of harmony.
1y
70
This 13th solo album is brimming over with the kind of knowing, bittersweet songs that Gray has made his trademark.
6mo
65
There are enough weak tracks here that a stronger album could have resulted from a more unsparing selection and a shorter runtime.
1y
60
The balladeer’s 13th album adds texture and alters the tempo a bit to produce both his poppiest and most successful work since White Ladder.
1y
It's here, it's poppy, it's funky. It blends the atmospheric sounds of the last three albums with the radio friendly song lengths of earlier albums. The lyrics are some of his deepest and certainly the most densely packed. This really feels like a catch all album, for all fans throughout his career. Really happy with this!
Gorgeous. Start to finish. I adore Gray's voice, and I've never heard it better than on songs like Leave Taking and The First Stone. This is a musician taking his decades of musical knowledge and building a masterclass.
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Track List
| 1 | After The Harvest 4:35 | 66 |
| 2 | Plus & Minus 3:08 | 68 |
| 3 | Eyes Made Rain 3:33 | 75 |
| 4 | Leave Taking 6:56 | 72 |
| 5 | I Saw Love 3:45 | 71 |
| 6 | Fighting Talk 3:47 | 64 |
| 7 | Sunlight On Water 5:24 | 68 |
| 8 | That Day Must Surely Come 4:57 | 66 |
| 9 | Singing For The Pharaoh 3:49 | 68 |
| 10 | Acceptance (It's Alright) 4:55 | 65 |
| 11 | Future Bride 4:06 | 67 |
| 12 | The Only Ones 4:29 | 61 |
| 13 | The First Stone 6:31 | 68 |
Total Length: 59 minutes
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1y
i wanna listen for the fuck of it cause it seems bad but then again one hour of bland folk pop seems torturous
