Tracklist (CD)
| 1 | | Follow Through | | 3:59 | | 2 | | Chariot | | 3:59 | | 3 | | Just Friends | | 3:25 | | 4 | | (Nice To Meet You) Anyway | | 3:45 | | 5 | | Chemical Party | | 3:01 | | 6 | | Belief | | 4:27 | | 7 | | Crush | | 3:25 |
See more tracks| 8 | | I Don't Want To Be | | 3:37 | | 9 | | Meaning | | 3:35 | | 10 | | More Than Anyone | | 2:57 | | 11 | | Over-Rated | | 4:11 |
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Review
Gavin Degraw is an extroverted twenty-six-year-old New York singer and songwriter; his Chariot is a brash rock-accented pop album that sounds like it could have been recorded anytime in the last twenty-five years, thanks to the spotlight clarity of his strong tenor voice and the well-rehearsed attacks of his band. DeGraw isn't trying to evoke any retro sound, though: He puts all his creative money on his songs and performances. Tunes such as "Belief" and "Crush" are all about unretiring melodies and emotionalism; if you find them a little… Read More outsize or unnecessarily theatrical, no fascinating beats or alluring soundscapes exist to counter such impressions. The approach works on songs such as the well-written "Overrated," a churning rocker where DeGraw goes straight for the gut. He is unafraid, as he sings, to risk obviousness. JAMES HUNTER
(RS 929, August 21, 2003)
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