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The Glare

McAlmont and Nyman

The Glare

Soul singer and classical musician come together on their first collaboration

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7.7

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Michael Nyman
UK Release date
26/10/2009
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  1. 9.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    There will be those who find the whole enterprise dauntingly arty (not many albums list Theodore Gericault and Sigmund Freud in the thank-yous), but once heard, you'll never want to live without it
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  2. 8.0 |   Observer Music Monthly

    ...one of the better long-players of 2009. Grab The Glare quick, because, if the pair's past artistic restlessness is anything to go by, there may not be a part two
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  3. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    ...this is the most vital piece of work McAlmont has done for some time, while Nyman, refreshing a role as accompanist, finds a real sensitivity through the use his band
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  4. 8.0 |   Uncut

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  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

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  6. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    ...the extraordinary singer from Croydon who sounds like a celestial mix of Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye and Antony Hegarty, has pulled off an idiosyncratic triumph with this collaboration
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  7. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    ...the collaboration is at its strongest when McAlmont’s delicate voice locks onto a strand of melancholic emotion and finds the more personal side of these universal tales
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  8. 8.0 |   The Independent

    In this intriguing alliance of soul and classical forms, David McAlmont uses selections from Nyman's back catalogue as the backdrops to song-stories drawn from recent news reports, all concerning people on the cusp of crisis
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  9. 6.0 |   The Times

    The combination of McAlmont’s grandstanding falsetto and Nyman’s ranks of strings, brass and piano can also be cloying
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