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Title: Fake Drake
Review: Take a man with an obvious devotion to Nick Drake (did you know that the title is a clever reworking of some of the lyrics from the last song on Nick's final album Pink Moon?). Make sure he has a passable voice and songwriting skills, and that he can write lyrics that on the surface sound profound. And you'll get this - an uninspired collection that sounds great as backgound music 1 or 2 times, but becomes increasingly pale after a couple listens. Upon scrutiny the lyrics are often senseless and artless. The whole thing has a misleading sense of "genuineness" which, when revealed for what it is, really rubs me the wrong way. It's the kind of cd that sounds amazing at Starbucks, but when you bring it home and listen to it a few times you realise you just wasted 15 bucks. With so many real, genuine singer songwriters (Bob Dylan, Bruce Cockburn, Nick Drake himself - to name a few of my favorites) out there there is no reason to bother with this.
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