Paris In The Spring
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LP / Format
Night Time Stories / Label
Alexis Taylor, Oli Bayston, Pierre Rousseau, The Avalanches, Kyle Parker Smith, +1 more... / Producer
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Critic Reviews
80
An album of satisfying wholeness, its range of moods power Taylor’s most successful solo outing to date. Anyone who had him pigeonholed will have to think again.
2mo
80
Easily Taylor's best solo album, Paris in the Spring is a moving, playful, and accomplished statement that'll strike a chord with anyone weathering a crisis.
2mo
80
It's a beautiful collection of genre-hopping songs.
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3mo
80
It’s most affecting on the doleful piano lament of For A Toy or Colombia’s electro funeral march, reaching its apotheosis on an eccentric take on the Stones’ Wild Horses, which splices the spacey dub techno of Basic Channel alter ego Rhythm & Sound with ’80s electronic pop memes. Its unlikely beauty is typical of Taylor’s bold approach here.
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2mo
80
On A Whim stands out a country mile: crisp, focused, shiny pop. It is little wonder it’s his collaboration with Green Gartside, with Gartside’s layered backing vocals adding sweetness to the sweetness.
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2mo
75
Paris in the Spring is a gem of a record which, while never over-reaching its ambition, sparkles with electronic ingenuity as it takes in all seasons of human experience.
2mo
71
On his seventh solo album, the British singer-songwriter pairs a grab bag of styles—synth-pop balladry, deep house, a Rolling Stones cover—with clearheaded lyrical introspection.
2mo
Alexis Taylor
Paris In The Spring
An album by an artist I didn’t know before discovering it through Pitchfork. Interestingly, I think I enjoy it more than many of the reviewers on the site. Some of the criticisms mentioned there simply didn’t bother me on first listen.
In fact, I really like the musical textures and the rhythms he creates throughout the album. There’s something subtle and immersive about the way the songs are built. The atmosphere feels deliberate and ... read more
I'm sorry, but I couldn't help but laugh at the sad millennial indie version of Wild Horses.
This reminded me so much of How to Dress Well. Interesting dance pop album that doesn't fully get there but guarantees not to waste your time still.
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Track List
| 1 | Your Only Life 5:01 | 70 |
| 2 | I Can Feel Your Love 3:39 | 73 |
| 3 | Out Of Phase 4:45 | 70 |
| 4 | Wild Horses 5:34 | 68 |
| 5 | Colombia 5:18 | 60 |
| 6 | For A Toy 3:36 | 64 |
| 7 | On A Whim 3:54 | 64 |
| 8 | Fainting By Numbers 3:57 | 62 |
| 9 | mp3s Can Make You Cry 5:26 | 65 |
| 10 | Black Lodge In The Sky 7:32 | 70 |
Total Length: 48 minutes
