June 16, 2005

{ Devin Davis- Lonely People of the World Unite! }

You would think that an album titled Lonely People of the World Unite would be chock full of some sad bastard music..... however this is quite the contrary. Despite the title, the album actually seems to be a cure for loneliness. Lonely People of the World, Unite! will help you shake those blues away with a little help from some hand claps, horns and "na-na-na" choruses. Now that�s not to say there aren't any introspective stuff going on here, �Cannons At The Courthouse� opens with a plaintive Dylan melody and then morphs into a Pink Floyd psychedelia flavored tune all in a matter of minutes, complete with playful lyrics about smoking joints with Willie Nelson. Davis even veers into a little Bowie-esque heavy guitar glam flavored anthems like �Moon Over Shark City� and �Transcendental Sports Anthem�. Other highlights include the �60s flavored ballad �Sandie� or the piano blues rocker �Paratrooper With Amnesia�. Simply put, this Chicago native was born for one reason: to belt out energized pop songs...well as far as I�m concerned that's the only reason. - Written by Jay, read more of his reviews at Caffeine-Headache.net.

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By Alan Smithee in Music | Comments:

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I came across this disc a while back and although I must admit it was slow to grow on me, it really did and now it's one of my faves in recent months. Good honest pop.

Posted by: shane at June 20, 2005 10:55 AM