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Those The Brokes (CD)

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DISC 1 for Those The Brokes (CD) Album By The Magic Numbers (Artist)
1   This Is A Song
2   You Never Had It
3   Take A Chance
4   Boy
5   Undecided
6   Slow Down (The Way It Goes)
7   Keep It In The Pocket
8   Take Me Or Leave Me
9   Let Somebody In
10   Runnin' Out
11   Goodnight
 

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Review

Spin (p.85) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he real story of this breathtaking follow-up...is Romeo Stodart's transformation for merely a good songwriter to an outstanding one."
Entertainment Weekly (p.71) - "[T]he urgent guitars and moody violins backing up the Numbers...harken back to the sort of tunes that wafted from a '70s AM radio." -- Grade: B
Q (p.128) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he overall feel is of engaging songwriting zeal and a rare warmth."
Q (p.117) - Ranked #87 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006."
No Depression (p.104) - "'Undecided' showcases much of the band's strengths: tight vocal harmony, commandingly grooving bass lines, and mastery of teasing stop-and-start for emphasis and suspense."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.103) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Take A Chance' walks on sunshine, surfs on soft harmonies and makes love's hurt sound positively ecstatic."

Title Note

The Magic Numbers: Romeo Stodart (guitar); Angela Gannon (keyboards); Michele Stodart (bass guitar); Sean Gannon (drums).

Additional personnel: Rhodri Davies (harp); Angharad Davies, Julia Singleton, Brian Wright , Gini Ball, Calina De La Mare (violin); Michael Keelan, Claire Orsler (viola); Ian Burdge (cello); Undecided, Barnaby Dickinson, Daniel Carpenter, Jamie Anderson (brass); Rory MacFarlane (double bass).

One of 2006's pleasant surprises was the Magic Numbers' sweeter-than-sugar self-titled debut. The album, with its Cowsills-meets-Belle-and-Sebastian recipe, definitely provided a sonic blanket in troubled times. After all, what's cozier than a family band? Belle and Sebastian's twee had a barbed storytelling in the la-las, but at the core of the Magic Numbers hummability were two sets of brothers and sisters holding hands. This is in no way a bad thing; THE MAGIC NUMBERS was perfectly light on its feet, and it was nice for indie rockers to have something cynicism-free to love.

THOSE THE BROKES (2007) builds on the successes of its predecessor and beats the sophomore slump by simultaneously staying true and adding depth to the band's original blueprint. The production--courtesy of British vet Richard Wilkinson--has grown deeper, the string orchestrations are impressive, and the band plays with more energy and feel than on their debut. Songs such as "Undecided" and "Let Someday In" even have a hint of blue-eyed soul. Indeed, with the burgeoning success of other twee acts like Tilly and the Wall and Oh No! Oh My!, the Magic Numbers sound almost like elder statesmen on THOSE THE BROKES--a great record that fans of the first would be wise to purchase.

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