ARTiST: Darren Hayes
TiTLE: This Delicate Thing We've Made
LABEL: Universal
GENRE: Pop
TiME: 112:37 min
SiZE: 146,6 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Aug-17-2007
RELEASE DATE: Aug-20-2007
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
CD1
01. A Fear Falling Under 04:10
02. Who Would Have Thought 04:31
03. Waking The Monster 04:08
04. How To Build A Time Machine 05:52
05. Casey 06:27
06. Step Into The Light 04:58
07. Sing To Me 04:56
08. A Conversation With God 05:08
09. The Sun Is Always Blinding Me 04:24
10. Listen All You People 05:00
11. The Only One 03:42
12. Bombs Up In My Face 03:39
13. The Great Big Disconnect 04:17
CD2
01. The Future Holds A Lion's Heart 04:03
02. On The Verge Of Something Wonderful 04:02
03. Neverland 04:04
04. Walk Away 04:46
05. Maybe 04:16
06. My, Myself And (I) 04:05
07. Lucky Town 03:51
08. I Just Want You To Love Me 04:00
09. Setting Sun 04:12
10. A Hundred Challenging Things A Boy Can Do 05:01
11. Words 04:35
12. The Tuning Of Violins 04:30
Release Notes:
After leaving his record label SonyBMG last year,
Darren Hayes takes full creative and promotional
control on his new solo album, 'This Delicate Thing
WeÆve Made'. This new 25 track double album opus
sees Darren at full creative throttle producing a
daring, theatrical, wise, wounded and wonderful
epiphany, representing his true maturation as an
artist.
At 35 years old, Darren Hayes has turned into just
the pop star he always wanted to be. Himself. Who
knew that that would sound like the lost younger
brother of Kate Bush, the one who eschewed his
sisterÆs whimsical folksiness in favour of a
chrome-plated, 80s driven pop edge? The record was
recorded using a temperamental Fairlight synthesiser
that Darren acquired off eBay. Unsurprisingly, the
standout tracks, 'How To Build A Time Machine',
'Casey' and 'The Only One', have a warmth and beauty
to their pre-digital age sonic construction.
'This Delicate Thing WeÆve Made' sits at the very
precipices of a pop culture that has taught itself
to embrace genre over any sense of personal
artistry. Yet while its brace of potential hit
singles will sit perfectly happily next to Natasha
Beddingfield and Maroon 5 on the radio, they come
replete with their own dangerous factor for a
genre-led pop field. They are built from truthful
sentiment and a sense of their own individuality.
Darren Hayes got married last year, for the second
time in his life. The only difference this time
round was the gender of his partner. It is no
coincidence that 'This Delicate Thing WeÆve Made' is
the first record that Darren has made as an openly
gay man, enjoying his first stabilising partnership.
He came out to a quiet fanfare on his website last
year, coinciding with no commercial decisions. It is
furthermore no accident that the record is his first
to embrace the redemptive power of love and comes
with such a real upbeat edge. He has never sounded
as on fighting form as he does on the 'I Feel Love'
indebted 'Step Into The Light', the brilliant,
cerebral white funk strut 'Me Myself and I' and
particularly first single, 'On The Verge Of
Something Wonderful' (it should come as no surprise
that all three double up as accidental yet potential
ecstasy anthems).
Elsewhere the kaleidoscopic pop triumph ventures
into more abstract arenas, whilst still retaining
the pure, joyous release of what a great pop hook
can and should do. If you can listen to this
audacious and brilliant, epic and widescreen album
without feeling a wealth of pathos towards its
protagonist, youÆre made of very stern stuff indeed.