▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁ ▁Edward ▁Se ck erson ▁review ed ▁the ▁album ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Awards ▁Issue ▁of ▁Gram oph one . ▁Opera , ▁he ▁wrote , ▁needed ▁compos ers ▁like ▁J ake ▁H eg gie . ▁His ▁theatre ▁pieces ▁Dead ▁Man ▁Walk ing ▁and ▁M oby - D ick ▁were ▁both ▁popular ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁and ▁this ▁was ▁not ▁something ▁that ▁anyone ▁should ▁wonder ▁at . ▁He ▁had ▁an ▁inn ate ▁grasp ▁of ▁the ▁music ▁lat ent ▁in ▁language , ▁and ▁he ▁knew ▁how ▁to ▁carry ▁forward ▁" the ▁emot ional ▁memory ▁of ▁a ▁moment , ▁a ▁connection , ▁a ▁feeling " ▁through ▁" that ▁still ▁much ▁m aligned ▁en chant ress ", ▁mel ody . ▁H eg gie ▁and ▁compos ers ▁like ▁him ▁rem ind ed ▁us ▁that ▁just ▁as ▁songs ▁were ▁about ▁drama , ▁music - d rama ▁was ▁about ▁songs . ▁ ▁The ▁songs ▁in ▁Pass ing ▁By ▁sang ▁with ▁a ▁passion . ▁Like ▁a ▁Broadway ▁t unes m ith , ▁H eg gie ▁knew ▁how ▁to ▁" hook " ▁listen ers ▁" in ▁an ▁isolated ▁phrase ▁or ▁a ▁long ▁line ", ▁but ▁he ▁also ▁had ▁an ▁intuit ive ▁understanding ▁of ▁how ▁to ▁craft ▁a ▁song ' s ▁total ▁architecture . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁du ets ▁of ▁F acing ▁For ward / Look ing ▁Back , ▁for ▁example , ▁H eg gie ▁expl ored ▁the ▁relationships ▁of ▁moth ers ▁and ▁their ▁children ▁" through ▁the ▁harm onic ▁t ensions ▁and ▁equ iv