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Artist: Ahmond
Album: A Boy You Once Knew
Label: Self-Released
Playtime: 33:14 min
Genre: Acoustic
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Rip date: 2009-02-23
Street date: 2008-08-22
Size: 43.71 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 171 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Self-produced and self-released, A Boy You Once Knew is Ahmond's labour of
love. He's gone to tremendous effort to make it a swell-looking release, and
he's also devised an elaborate promotional campaign to get it to masses. As
for the music, it's pretty much modern folk-pop û easy to listen to although
somewhat forgettable. This being Ahmond's first release, it is unsurprising
that several of these songs fall a little flat. True to its title, soft pop
relic ôThe Forgotten Realmö easily slips from memory, while neo-mystical
ôEverything Edenö is extremely corny. On the other hand, melodic rock nugget
ôThose Damn Thingsö and the delicate title-track show considerable promise,
while Crowded House-esque ôGo To Africaö and glossy ôYou're the Lifeö are
also tight. The album's best asset turns out to be its instrumental final
track, a moody tribal piece led by mandolin; in fact, it was even plucked out
for use in HBO's Rome. A tad inconsistent, and somewhat unpolished, A Boy You
Once Knew is impressive for a self-produced debut. However, I can't help but
feel that Ahmond's best is yet to come.
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01. A Boy You Once Knew ( 3:31)
02. Go To Africa ( 4:18)
03. You're The Life ( 4:15)
04. Thundershoes ( 3:17)
05. Those Damn Things ( 4:35)
06. Everything Eden ( 3:43)
07. Halo ( 0:55)
08. The Forgotten Realm ( 4:02)
09. Collision ( 4:38)
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