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“Quiet Times” is a shuffling, string-laden shanty that recalls great Brit folk-pop band the Sundays.
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There are a lot of perfect little songs here they run less than four minutes, but are rich and deep. Her third studio album employs fewer electronic whooshes and more real instruments than the previous two, making it smaller, finer and a better showcase for her uncluttered melodies and lyrics. So the sonic settings into which they’re placed are all the more important. ARTIST: DIDO ALBUM: SAFE TRIP HOME (ARISTA)ĭido’s haunted voice is a flat line: Whether she’s singing bold dismissals like “I can’t look at you this morning,” or loving declarations like “My heart has found its home,” those gauze-covered pipes never modulate. There are a host of big, anthemic choruses that highlight the power of Cook’s voice, namely the soaring “Declaration” and Chris Cornell/Brian Howes-penned “Light On.” Elsewhere, Cook exercises his right to rawk with the swaggering, gritty “Bar-ba-sol” and bares his soul alongside a delicate piano and string arrangement on “Permanent.” There are some lyrical missteps (“Life on the Moon,” which marvels at the titular concept), but as the lone rocker winner of “Idol” to date, Cook stands apart from cookie-cutter pop. Much like his predecessors’ quick-turnaround debuts, Cook’s is fairly generic, but its rock edge is dirtied up with crunching guitars and the artist’s tuneful growl. “American Idol” season seven champ David Cook already scored a solid hit with his first single, “The Time of My Life,” the kind of sentimental ballad every winner is forced to churn out.