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UK Music arrow Reviews arrow Misc arrow Dawn Kinnard The Courtesy Fall
Apr 03 2008
Dawn Kinnard The Courtesy Fall  Print E-mail
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Thursday, 03 April 2008
Editor's rating
2.0
out of 5
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Artist: Danwn Kinnard
Title: The Courtesy Fall
Label: Kensaltown
Website: http://www.myspace.com/dawnkinnard



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An American songstress in London, Dawn Kinnard is an addition to the growing female vocal army enlisted to invade 2008 this summer. Originally from Tennessee, daughter of a Baptist preacher and expected to make an impact in England before America. Sounds like the Kings Of Leon success story doesn’t it. With that said though, after one listen of this album you don’t get the feeling that this is going to be that. “The Courtesy Fall” is packed with chilled out intimate moments to make it a pleasant listening experience for middle aged women but this debut has the grandiose shadow of Regina Spektor hovering all over it. Nothing wrong with having heavy influences but when you can’t find your own voice that’s where things go wrong and for this album that’s pretty much what happens. There are couple moments of character in songs such as the throbbing bass line and atmospheric string section in “Stop And Start” and the majestic soulful duet, with Jason Mraz, “Clear The Way,” but the whole album lacks overall individuality and sensation.



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Editor review : Dawn Kinnard - The Courtesy Fall
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Overall rating
2.0
Originality
1.0
Lyrics
3.0
Memorability
1.0
Melody
2.0
Production Quality
3.0
4/10 overall
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Average user rating from: 1 user(s)

Overall rating
4.2
Originality
5.0
Lyrics
4.0
Memorability
4.0
Melody
4.0
Production Quality
4.0
 

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Great Album! Terrible review..., Wednesday, 16 April 2008

Written by Charles

Overall rating
4.2
Originality
5.0
Lyrics
4.0
Memorability
4.0
Melody
4.0
Production Quality
4.0
I have this album from a show last year (promo copy) and it's very fresh, very original and deserves your attention. Normally I would not bother but the above reviewer did such a poor job. Not only did they get their facts wrong, they made comments such as it being heavily influenced and Ms. Kinnard not having her own voice. If Dawn has nothing else, she has originality and she certainly sounds nothing like Regina Spektor. If Duffy gets 3 stars for originality and and Dawn 1, something is a bit off.

And by the way, that is Ed Harcourt singing on the duet and Dawn is apparently from Pennsylvania(Great song by the way) not Nashville.

It's OK to have a negative review just make it an educated one, otherwise it sounds as though you were just in a bad mood.
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