Artist Direct Review 3/19/09

[Mac]

http://artistdirect.com/music/review/0,,5007738,00.html

Quote:Thankfully, Hicks' smoky voice is the reason he avoids being another chunk of manufactured grist for the Idol mill. There's a passion and a sincerity that laces his vocals and while some of the songs are standard, verse-chorus-verse numbers, replete with hearty, back up female vocals to support Hicks' ultra-manly vox, the album never comes across as overly cooked or processed. Hicks' is a bit too real for that and whether that's his saving grace or his downfall remains to be seen, a decision that will be handed down by his public.

[dg90001]

(03-19-2009 12:13 PM)Mac Wrote:  http://artistdirect.com/music/review/0,,5007738,00.html

Quote:Thankfully, Hicks' smoky voice is the reason he avoids being another chunk of manufactured grist for the Idol mill. There's a passion and a sincerity that laces his vocals and while some of the songs are standard, verse-chorus-verse numbers, replete with hearty, back up female vocals to support Hicks' ultra-manly vox, the album never comes across as overly cooked or processed. Hicks' is a bit too real for that and whether that's his saving grace or his downfall remains to be seen, a decision that will be handed down by his public.

I loved that quote too!

[Mac]

(03-19-2009 12:21 PM)dg90001 Wrote:  

(03-19-2009 12:13 PM)Mac Wrote:  http://artistdirect.com/music/review/0,,5007738,00.html

Quote:Thankfully, Hicks' smoky voice is the reason he avoids being another chunk of manufactured grist for the Idol mill. There's a passion and a sincerity that laces his vocals and while some of the songs are standard, verse-chorus-verse numbers, replete with hearty, back up female vocals to support Hicks' ultra-manly vox, the album never comes across as overly cooked or processed. Hicks' is a bit too real for that and whether that's his saving grace or his downfall remains to be seen, a decision that will be handed down by his public.

I loved that quote too!

Ultra-manly did things to me.

But my favorite was: the album never comes across as overly cooked or processed. Hicks' is a bit too real for that

[TMW]

There is a God that someone else sees this:


....he avoids being another chunk of manufactured grist for the Idol mill.



Great review!!!

[~FT~]

Short and sweet, but really really nice review!
Ultra-manly vox....loved that!
And TMW, about that quote....can I get an Amen sista?!