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A Scruff at Heart

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I'd just like to express my feelings about good old Sullivan's music. I am definitely not a reviewer, but what's the point anyway? When you listen to something, there are only two options: either you like it, or you don't. I've been listening to Gilbert's songs for quite a long time now, since I was a teen, and it seems to me that he has always stuck to his musical principles, whatever label they may pin on him. He sings to the heart in a way that only he can. Besides, It's always nice that feeling of good times when I hear his voice and his piano . No need for FX. The man is good with his talent alone.

It's a good collection of lush and wonderful songs. Is it a Gilbert O' Sullivan classic or is it going to be? NO, not by any means. Now, with that said, I do take it for what it is and not make comparisons to his classic songs of the 70's, yet his today's upfront piano playing and joyous melodies still makes me smile every time I listen to it.

I am a fan of Gilbert O'Sullivan. But this record is extremely difficult to swallow. Not only did Gilbert turned the volume of the piano, a beat-up upright piano, so loud that you couldn't hear his voice or words clearly, he also repeated and pounded the same accompaniment pattern (Um-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa) songs after songs. Occasionally, strings or other wind instruments were introduced, but they ended up equalizing and soothing the raw and unpolished piano sound. I guess after making more than twenty records, Gilbert O'Sullivan wanted to introduce a new sound that also matched the "SCRUFF" in the title of this CD.