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 Angie B. favorited and reviewed O
 
 This album is one of the most amazing first albums I've ever heard. It's a cohesive body of work that flows together in one glorious experience. Eight years on, and I've not found much to rival... more
 
 This album is one of the most amazing first albums I've ever heard. It's a cohesive body of work that flows together in one glorious experience. Eight years on, and I've not found much to rival this. There are not many albums that I can happily put on repeat and listen to over and over. This is one of them. If you've not listened before, take the time. You won't regret it. Damien fills his work with emotion and passion...I think it's nearly impossible to remain unmoved by his music.
 
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 Angie B. Thank you! :)
 
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 Angie B. Listened to it again this evening. Love it so much. Every time I listen, can't get over the unending loveliness.
 
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 O o o o
 
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 Allie McMurchie favorited and reviewed O
 
 Will always be an album extremely close my heart. :)
 
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 probably one of the best albums i have ever heard
 
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 Amber Schoenberger favorited and reviewed O
 
 Must. Own. The blowers daughter is AMAZING
 
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 "and so it is... Like you it would be". Great lyrics. Takes me to a whole different place of feeling!
 
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 Andrea Fierro liked and reviewed O
 
 Not a song I don't love on this album, but I Remember and Volcano are my favorite!
 
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Damien Rice's intriguing brand of stylishly, un-styled dirty folk music has made him one of the standout artists of 2003. O was first released in Ireland, where it quickly broke the top ten, and achieved triple-platinum status. Slim hard-back digipak. Vector. 2003.Irish troubadour Damien Rice doesn't so much reinvent the folk genre on this lush, impossibly mature debut album as push its boundaries in several compelling musical directions at once--all the more remarkable considering the album was largely self-produced and home-recorded. His songs revolve around familiar, bittersweet concerns of life, love, and their attendant frustrations, but delivered with conspiratorial intimacy on melodic wings (like on the graceful "Cannonball") that Rice seems almost embarrassed to share. If there's anything like a template here, it's "The Blower's Daughter," the song that first attracted the interest/stewardship of film composer David Arnold (whose guest production provides "Amie" with expansive cinematic elegance) and became a massive Irish hit. His plaintive vocal, embroidered by the mournful solo cello of Vyvienne Long, is suddenly brightened by an instrumental flourish and Lisa Hannigan's vocals--before just as quickly wafting on the breeze. With touches that range from "Day in the Life"-styled string collages to the dizzy, exhilarating neo-operatic excesses of the 16-minute "Eskimo," Rice's musical palate here is as adventurous as his songs are grounded in emotional intimacy. --Jerry McCulley

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