Heartbreaker Please
by Teddy Thompson
Metascore
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Mojo
    May 29, 2020
    60
    Heartbreaker Please expresses its title in the most literal terms; it's broken and pleading. At the same time, the music provides a through-line to the 43-year-old's singer's past, striking his usual balance between Buddy Holly simplicity and Roy Orbison sweep, with a dash of Memphis horns tossed in. [Jun 2020, p.89]
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  2. Uncut
    May 29, 2020
    50
    A lachrymose collection of Elvis Costello-rootsy, mid-Atlantic songs expertly constructed but running rather low on stardust. [Jul 2020, p.36]
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  1. StevenX
    May 31, 2020
    6
    A Teddy Thompson album is a good thing, but this one is more curiosity than killer. His voice is undeniably expressive, but take a ballad tooA Teddy Thompson album is a good thing, but this one is more curiosity than killer. His voice is undeniably expressive, but take a ballad too slow and it can become a whine, which happens a couple times here. Elsewhere, the uptempo numbers have a dated Mexican influence, some complete with horns, clean and precise, totally mismatched to Thompson's voice and lyrics. It often sounds like he's singing over someone else's old record collection. The starry waltz "Take Me Away" shows how good this could have been - romantic and yearning with a more upfront production, you feel every string, every tremble in Thompson's delivery. Unfortunately, this makes the other tracks even paler by comparison.… Full Review »