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POP
REVIEWS @ Canada's Media and Pop Culture Magazine |
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| Alex Lloyd,
Distant Light |
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| REVIEWED
BY JASON GLADU, POSTED ON FEBRUARY 26, 2005 |
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singer-songwriter Alex Lloyd's third release, Distant Light,
is a standard collection of warm pop songs that seem to deal with
two major themes: travelling and heartache. Instant highlights include
the Travis influenced "Far Away," radio rocker "1000
Miles," and the sweet love song "Beautiful." But
mid-way through Distant Light, you get the feeling that Lloyd
had taken the mantra "if it ain’t broke, don’t
fix it" a little too close to heart, since all thirteen soft
rock tracks all use the same occasional organ, strings, or slide
guitar. Unfortunately, the album’s overall impression is that
of one long pop ballad. In the end, because of Lloyd's lofty ambitions
— or lack of — Distant Light is hard to stomach
in one sitting. (EMI) |
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