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Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
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Out of the mellow folk-pop dudes who've surfed to stardom on Jack Johnson's wave, Jason Mraz may be the most entertaining, since he'd rather crack a joke than ruminate on life and stuff. (When he mentions Jesus, it's in the same verse as ''a party getting started in the yard.'') His third studio CD, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things., includes pleasantly lightweight jams with beachy guitars (''Live High''), R&B horns (''Make It Mine''), even playful scat singing (''I'm Yours''). Of special note is ''Lucky,'' Mraz's bubbly duet with Colbie Caillat, which should have girls swooning all summer long. B+ DOWNLOAD THIS: Hear ''Lucky'' on Jason Mraz's MySpace page...full text |
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| Courant |
| Martin Dosh's penchant for disorienting loops and other home-recording trickery makes each of his four albums thus far feel like a jumble. Mostly that works for him here, driving the listener to marvel over how exactly Dosh constructed each chaotic blurt and rattle without the use of a drum machine....full text |
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| Billboard |
| After 2005's uneven "Mr. A-Z," Jason Mraz emerges even bolder than before on an album loaded with strings, horns, formidable grooves and a dozen songs dripping with mantra-like positivity. On opener "Make It Mine," he declares, "Wake up, everyone!" and provides a sonic alarm clock with a blast of brass, hand claps and a buoyant la-la-la vocal chorus. The single "I'm Yours" is a reggae love song, while "Coyotes" explores Latin flavors. "Only Human" boasts full beatnik mode, and "Dynamo" reverts to the lightning-speed vocals and clever wordplay that established Mraz on 2002's platinum "Waiting for My Rocket to Come....full text |
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