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The Ship's Piano

Darren Hayman

The Ship's Piano

This singer-songwriter, formerly of Hefner fame, composed this album on a tiny foldaway piano after being beaten up and losing some of his hearing in 2009

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7.2

Label
Fortuna Pop
UK Release date
10/10/2011
US Release date
06/12/2011
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  1. 8.0 |   BBC

    Uniquely intimate and very satisfying
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  2. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    This effective and warm album's benefits should be felt further afield than as Hayman's own therapy
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  3. 8.0 |   The 405

    An album which sits comfortably alongside his very best work and underlines his status as one of the finest songwriters around
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  4. 8.0 |   DIY

    A rewarding, introspective listen from one of the UK’s most under-appreciated singer-songwriters
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  5. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Hayman has, beyond doubt, composed a down-played, pronnouced and hushed minor opus. One of the year’s slow-burners
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  6. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    That he isn’t feted from the suburban chronicled rooftops is most people’s los
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  7. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    If he’s not yet unanimously considered the greatest cardigan-stylee speccy-sporting dweeby loser type songwriter-man of recent decades, he’s surely on his miserable, merry way
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  8. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    One of the most beautiful and enjoyable albums the former Hefner frontman has produced in the last few years, coming at a time when he has been creatively busier than ever.
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  9. 6.0 |   Mojo

    An intimate home-recorded piece that feels like a private performance. Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   Q

    It's galling that Hayman can churn out such high quality so often. Print edition only

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