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Midnight Sun |
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1 |
Whispers |
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2 |
Melancholy, Understanding |
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3 |
(I Miss
the Times) When The Russians Were Coming |
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4 |
The Mad
Sounds Of Conflict / The Confraternity Of The Faithless |
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5 |
To
Jay-17 |
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6 |
Once
Upon A Yesterday |
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7 |
Staring
(At You, From Afar) |
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8 |
Ovlov |
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9 |
Alluvium |
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10 |
Shadow
Of Myself |
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11 |
Newspaper Memories |
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12 |
Sobral |
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13 |
Under
The Blacklight Skies Of Your Underground |
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14 |
Nine |
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15 |
(I Wanna
Lie) Where The Flowers Grow |
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16 |
The
Fading Ways Manifesto |
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17 |
Sangue
Latino |
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18 |
Twilight
Of The Gods |
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By Coreen Wolanski, Exclaim! Magazine.
July 07, 2003
This one had me playing air guitar within the first minute as it
launched into action with the riffed-out bluesy rock’n’roll and the
“Rocks Off” energy the Stones used to open their landmark Exile on Main
St. — an ass-kick of a way to get things going. Leyton’s glam rock past
as front-man for Toronto’s the Conscience Pilate injects an extra shot
of attitude but he knows when to tone it down. This disc kept surprising
me; one minute the Jagger-esque “Angie”-like ballad “To Jay-17,” the
next the bouncy “Newspaper Memories,” but keeping the whole album
together is a raunchy 1970’s Rolling Stones brilliance and a sparkling
clarity of songwriting genius. I was hitting repeat on many of the songs
before I’d even heard the whole CD. There’s something about Leyton’s
voice that strikes a chord where it counts and the music can either stir
you up and rock you off or take the edge off and mellow you out. As much
as the rock elements keep the album pumping, Leyton has been around long
enough as a singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer/record label owner to
know how to craft 18 songs so as to keep you listening and that is by
mixing things up a bit. He knows where to throw in a slow number, or
something fun and Brit-pop inspired. Go get this record now. |
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