Blue Merle

Burning in the Sun

Release Date: February 15, 2005
Label: Island

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Enjoying Blue Merle evokes the sort of guilt that otherwise-hip fans of Counting Crows and Coldplay know too well. The analogy is all the more apt in light of lead singer Luke Reynolds's expressive tenor, which alternates between spot-on impersonations of Adam Duritz and Chris Martin. But cool or not, the Nashville quartet combines jazzy instrumentation -- upright bass and mandolin contribute to a post-Metheny vibe -- with Stephen Harris's crisp production to offer a major-label debut of thoughtful and pristine adult acoustic pop.

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"Every Ship Must Sail Away" mp3 (live)

- February 15, 2005

Track list

Disc 1
1 Burning In The Sun
2 If I Could
3 Lucky To Know You
4 Stay
5 Every Ship Must Sail Away
6 Boxcar Racer
7 Made To Run
8 Seeing Through You
9 Places
10 Part Of Your History
11 Either Way It Goes
12 Bittersweet Memory

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June 25, 2008 at 7:27 p.m.
3.5 out of 10

At best, a mediocre Coldplay rip-off.

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