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Heavy Mellow (CD)

By: Nik Freitas (Artist)

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Heavy Mellow (CD) Album By Nik Freitas (Artist)
1   Be Honest  
2   Careful What You Choose  
3   Summer Hearts  
4   Treat Me Right  
5   Penny  
6   Cheaters  
7   Nursey Street  
8   Bad Dream  
9   Sentimental Life  
 

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CMJ (11/3/03, p.9) - "...Channeling the melodies (and instrumentation) of MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR-era Beatles and the prowess of labelmate Howie Beck, he has peppered the disc with catchy and simple, yet emotional, introspective songs."

Title Note

Personnel: Aaron Estes (vocals, guitar, percussion); Lawrence Hicks (viola); Kent Stahl, Aaron Alberstein (background vocals).

Audio Mixer: Aaron Estes.

Recording information: 04/2003-05/2003.

On Heavy Mellow, Nik Freitas comes into his own, expanding on the instrumentation of his debut for a true-blue pop album that grafts the indie smarts of Quasi to '70s AM rock and mellow gold collections. On his sophomore outing, Freitas comes closest in groove and pop eclecticism to Todd Rundgren. "Be Honest" has the fuzzy-around-the-edges heaviness of Something/Anything? combined with the slippery, jazzy hallmarks of Steely Dan. "Summer Hearts" is a beautifully nostalgic piano tune where Freitas moans "summer hearts can't be broken" as if he's trying to do John Lennon singing "Jealous Guy." On "Penny" he's probably shooting more for Mind Games crossed with early-'70s Elton John, and "Nursery Street" could easily fit on a Ryan Adams album. If Here's Laughing at You showed Freitas to have enormous potential, Heavy Mellow proves that he is, as promised, a brilliant pop tunesmith. His only failure on the romantic record would seem to be self-created: on "Sentimental Life" he sings, "I don't want to be a sentimental guy." Sorry Nik. ~ Charles Spano

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