This Is the Life |
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Artist:
Amy MacDonald
List Price: £7.99
Our Price: £3.73
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Disc 1:
| 1. Mr Rock & Roll | | 2. This Is The Life | | 3. Poison Prince | | 4. Youth Of Today | | 5. Run | | 6. Let's Start A Band | | 7. Barrowland Ballroom | | 8. L.A. | | 9. A Wish For Something More | | 10. Footballer's Wife | | 11. The Road To Home |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Amy MacDonald is that proverbial old head on young shoulders, a Scottish singer-songwriter who, despite her tender 19 years, writes songs with the grace, wisdom and proficiency of one with a score more on the clock. As influenced by The Libertines as any venerable old folk hand, the eleven songs on This Is the Life combine a traditional, acoustic folk-rock sound with a youthful spirit and self-assured lyrics that veer between the observational and the confessional. "Poison Prince" is a jagged guitar strut dedicated to some Doherty-like bad boy, a song every bit as pathos-laden as The Libertines at their doomed, romantic best with a closing treatise to find "An upbeat song/So we can dance the night away", while "Mr Rock & Roll" begins as a wryly withering jibe at some perennial party animals, but by the chorus, has softened into a subtle, touching tale of human coupling. MacDonald's age doesn't seem to have been an impediment; "Youth of Today", reportedly written when she was 15, is one of the better tracks here, while "Footballer's Wife" is a clear-headed attack on vapid Barbie Doll celebrity that suggests this girl is very much on the right track. "Rolling Stone, here I come, watch out everyone/I'm singing my song" she sings on "Let's Start a Band". Let that be a warning to you. --Louis Pattison
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517321243
Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
Manufacturer: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
Release Date: 2007-07-30
Running Time: 44
Studio: Mercury Records Ltd (London) |
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