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| | City Pages - Richard Ashcroft: <I>Alone With Everybody</I> (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | On Alone With Everybody, Ashcroft completes his transformation from a man possessed, riding Verve guitarist Nick McCabe's psychedelic storm, to a man self-possessed, ready for FM, all his verses and choruses neatly in place. |
 | | On Alone Ashcroft pursues his interests in soul and straightforward groove rock, with nods to the work of the Walker Brothers, Burt Bacharach, the Faces, and (when it twangs) Gram Parsons. |
 | | And while the single, the Spanish-guitar-tinged "A Song for Lovers," may be slightly overwrought, Ashcroft's heart is in ballads, such as "On a Beach," in which he counts his lucky stars for how well things have turned out with the wife, the baby, and the recording contract. |
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