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- Summary: The Nottingham artist was only 18 when this debut album was released.
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- Record Label: Mercury
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Someone Told Me | |
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Am I crazy or am I half blind Someone told me I'm out my mind oh oh oh Someone told me a girl I like Fell in love and all I did was cry oh oh... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 19
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Mixed: 2 out of 19
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Negative: 0 out of 19
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Oct 15, 2012The album's more subdued moments--like the disarmingly sweet navel-gaze of 'Simple As This', or the folksy arm-around-the-shoulder reassurance of 'Note To Self'--are its most remarkable ones, where Bugg's voice, usually accompanied by little more than an acoustic guitar, takes on a preternatural wisdom.
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MojoOct 18, 2012The teen delivers poetic social realism. [Nov 2012, p.90]
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Oct 12, 2012There's a world-weariness to some of his songs that's as attractive now as ever.
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Apr 15, 2013For a teenager's debut, Jake Bugg shows an artist who is crazy fully formed, stepping into a journey that should be worth following.
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Apr 10, 2013The 19-year-old’s sound combines retro folk with elements of Britpop that’s as raw as it is original, which equals one of the more exciting debuts in some time.
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Oct 30, 2012All in all, though Bugg's debut may not share the wordy precociousness of Conor Oberst's formative steps or the political astuteness of Willy Mason on Where the Humans Eat, it's his sheer earnestness and rare gift for writing simple, hook-filled tunes that ultimately charms the listener.
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Oct 11, 2012There's an attractive openness to the album, with no sense of contrivance: he's singing about what he knows. Once he knows a little more, you get the sense he might manage something truly memorable.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 25
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Mixed: 0 out of 25
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Negative: 4 out of 25
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Oct 30, 2020Esto es perfecto como Jake Bugg, nada más tengo para decir, desde el inicio hasta el final.
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