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BBC music's review of John's new album, "Another Side"

Ouch. Poor John.

OW.

And I can't even say I disagree with most of it.

Ouch indeed!

"Energy saving ballads"

*snerk*

Oh dear.

I would feel more sorry for John but to be fair the review is not against him as a performer, it's just re-iterating what a lot of folks have been saying the past week or so: too over-produced, all emotion edited out of it.

And yes, the review did also make me laugh, in particular the last sentence.

I've heard a couple of his songs from over the years, and I do prefer his live pieces to those recorded in the studio. Give John an audience and he sparkles, but ask him to perform to a microphone and whilst technically it will be spot on, it will be rather soulless.

Well, bad production team, bad stylist; team Barrowman have had better weeks, still I've no doubt they'll be on track at some point, hopefully sooner rather than later.

Oh, poor John. Even though what I heard was pretty bland. He's got such a beautiful voice, I'm sure the next album will be great.

*writes down "all-singing, all-dancing (on ice and dry land), Glaswegian-American bidialialectal pansexual and saviour of the Universe" for future reference*

Well, that's an ouchie. But the reviewer is scrupulously fair - it's the album production he's savaging, not John as a person.

And he's right. There's about 1000 times more heart and soul in the impromptu performance of "Anything Goes" that John and the dancehall swing band did for the Torchwood#12 outtakes than there is in the whole of this album.

I suspect he'll do better with them live though. As others have said, I think he needs an audience.

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