Miami Memory

Alex Cameron - Miami Memory
Critic Score
Based on 17 reviews
2019 Ratings: #347 / 805
User Score
Based on 464 ratings
2019 Rank: #307
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CRITIC REVIEWS

85
Northern Transmissions

On Miami Memory, Cameron extols the beauty of love while singing about sex, family, and responsibility with unabashed candour. But he never shies away from the ugly sides of love, the trying demands of commitment.

80
PopMatters

Alex Cameron's third album, Miami Memory, is still some kind of monster, but it has drawn in its teeth and is laughing with the family.

80
The Needle Drop

Alex Cameron has a talent for writing witty and smart songs about love and masculinity from a male perspective.

80
Uncut

Sincerity and quick-smarts from Australian showman.

80
Loud and Quiet

Miami Memory ... mixes Cameron’s obligatory sex gags with more of his personal life than ever before, at times threatening to unveil who he really is these days.

80
Exclaim!

While casual listeners may find this humour flippant, given the topics explored on Miami Memory, closer listens reveal a mature and surprisingly au courant album that grapples with complex social issues in a commendably fearless way.

80
The Skinny

What you’re left with is ten great pop songs; bitingly funny, bombastically anthemic and gently sensual, often at the same time.

80
The Line of Best Fit

Miami Memory displays an increasing, albeit cautious, capacity to divert from a well-trodden trail; seeing Cameron’s confessional voice explored and defined to a degree previously unseen in his output.

80
Under the Radar

Cameron's third full-length sees him take on female perspectives to the toxic masculinity problem.

80
No Ripcord

By stripping away the ickiest qualities of his music, he may have strengthened his appeal.

80
Paste

On Miami Memory, the move to self-narrative works in his favor.

70
AllMusic

This one is the best produced, most catchy, and most vulgar of his catalog up until this point.

70
FLOOD Magazine

It looks like we’re at 100 percent authentic Alex Cameron, and Miami Memory—a sort of Portrait of the Artist as Someone Else’s Man—finds him reaching new heights, raising the bar for himself, not content to tread familiar ground.

70
The Sydney Morning Herald
By inserting himself in the story, Cameron has added a compelling new dimension to his own myth.
68
GIGsoup

Alex Cameron’s third effort is by some lengths his biggest departure.

60
NME

The archly comic musician, who has formerly adopted toxic fictional personas, dials down the irony for a semi-sincere album that feels tonally awkward.

60
Pitchfork

Miami Memory feels like a stuffy reheat of Forced Witness’ groovy ’80s synth-rock.

Doofy
76

The same trick again sure, but the ‘all the gory details’ storytelling in the verses building up to the pratfalls that are the conventional chipper and/or chest thumping ‘heartland rock’ style choruses that are hilariously miscast in this context - born of the delusions, self lies and dopey logic of these beyond-hope characters - is a concept with a lot of mileage.

The other winning element is that once you’re familiar with the lyrics you can then focus less on ... read more

reptilia0000
90

A new Alex Cameron

So, last year, I was introduced to Alex Cameron. I didn't know anything at all about him or his music as a whole, all I knew was that Fantano liked this album a lot and that the album cover looked really interesting (it's actually one of my favorite album covers of all time). This was my introduction to who Alex Cameron was, and what his music was all about. I honestly couldn't believe it, but I had loved almost every second of this project. You may be wondering why I ... read more

ElectricMess
80

As a recovering Floridian, the sleazy, rundown neon sign-lit vibe that Alex Cameron brings to the table is spot on for a record called “Miami Memory.” The man’s lyricism is as ridiculously scummy as ever, telling tales of romance that would be heartbreaking if the narrator didn’t deserve every bit of the pain, and the fact that I’ve had to stop myself from singing “I ate your ass like an oyster” MULTIPLE TIMES is a testament to how sticky the hooks can ... read more

Artificial
69

Too simple, but still contains some good production

Jonysaz
75

Esse álbum é muito divertido e engraçado, a escrita de Alex Cameron carrega momentos hilários com jogos de palavras ou momentos diretos de humor, sem com que, perca na parte musical, sendo um bom álbum de rock suave e com uma leve mistura de folk, com a presença de um violão acústico. Sempre que retorno para algumas músicas, já abro um sorriso por conta das letras e da forma em que Alex canta.

Esalmo
85

Fav song: Bad For The Boys

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Track List

1Stepdad
4:15
84
2Miami Memory
4:25
74
3Far from Born Again
4:16
86
4Gaslight
4:25
89
5Bad for the Boys
4:38
85
6End is Nigh
3:04
79
7PC With Me
2:33
80
8Divorce
3:12
86
9Other Ladies
3:45
85
10Too Far
4:05
87
Total Length: 38 minutes
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Added on: June 18, 2019