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Title: Sort of stunning
Review: One Eyed Man is a real shocker. A shocking disappointment, that is, for anyone who is a Hunters & Collectors/Mark Seymour fan. Considering how H&C were incapable of making anything but innovative, emotive music for two decades, it's hard to believe that it took Seymour four years to put out this gutless album. And Seymour already had a gorgeous solo album, King Without A Clue, under his belt. Some critics have described One Eyed Man as Seymour doing Crowded House. That's about dead on. There's a lot of sound, a lot of notes, but no hooks and no real songs. You wonder how anyone had the patience to labour over the flawless production of these flabby tunes. Seymour once seemed to have a bottomless well of lyrical wordplay and melody. It's a mystery how quickly it all dried up. Hopefully he was just distracted, trying to make a tribute album to his brother (Nick, ex-Crowded House) or something.
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