STYLE: Pop RATING OUR PRODUCT CODE: 7679-7438 LABEL: Independent FORMAT: CD Album
Reviewed by Tony Cummings
Free:16 are a band fronted by UK-based singer/songwriter Mark Andrews. It’s a hard one to pin down stylistically. Mark plays piano very well and judging from the mini-instrumental “Hind’s Feet” is classically trained. Mark’s voice is high and reedy but not untuneful, while his lyric writing is boldly biblical. The problem lies in Mark’s faster melodies which seem corny and dated. On the slower material, like the dramatic “I Love To Be In Your Presence” the effect is quite different. Like the veritable curate’s egg, this is good in parts.
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Sample Track Listing:
1.
Out Of Focus
2.
Coming Back
3.
Without Your Love
4.
Hind's Feet
5.
I Love To Be In Your Presence
6.
Let Your Glory Be Seen
7.
Wonderful Life
8.
Down To You
9.
Father's Heart
10.
Somewhere In The Crowd
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