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- Summary: The Babyshambles/Libertines lead singer releases his first solo album produced by Stephen Street.
- Record Label: Astralwerks
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 22
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Mixed: 7 out of 22
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Negative: 1 out of 22
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On his first solo CD, Grace/Wastelands, he conjures an understated and fantastical vision of his homeland in which jazzy meditations on the 1930s bump up against haunted fairy-tale folk.
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There are tracks here that date back five years, before the tabloids turned up and Pete became Potty. That might account for the album's frankly astonishing surfeit of memorable tunes; it would certainly explain the lack of smirking references to heroin and crack and of the snivelling self-pity that makes junkies such reliably delightful company.
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Q MagazineGrace/Wastelands isn't quite the defining statement of his genius that his cheerleaders always insisted was just around the corner, but it demolishes the charge that his talent has been fatally squandered. [Apr 2009, p.98]
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Solo debuts, beginning with 1970's McCartney, generally lay themselves bare. Grace/Wastelands does, with the same irresistible UK melodicism begun by the British Invasion's big bang.
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Pete Doherty has made a solo album with Stephen Street producing, and the result is some pretty good music.
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Peter doesn't quite have a full batch of tunes here--the weird, World War II–themed '1939 Returning' is one of a few songs that could use an actual chorus--but for much of the album he manages to make his dysfunction sing.
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It essentially exposes Doherty’s biggest weaknesses: his trite lyrics, his less than perfect voice, and his inability to sound interested in anything he’s doing not under the title "Libertines."
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 7
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Mixed: 2 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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DBApr 10, 2009
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erincaMar 27, 2009His best work in a long time, could have been better without sweet by by.
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DylanCMar 26, 2009
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jilltApr 25, 2009AS with all his music it grows and grows on you. An amazingly talented men.
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katyaeApr 12, 2009He's sweet, melodic, romantic and uneasy. love pete, he's one of the coolest contemporary songwriters.
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Mar 14, 2012
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JohnP.Apr 1, 2009
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