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Dessert Menu
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Track Listing
- Table For One
- Something I Could Never Be
- Make Her Leave Me
- Short Skirt On
- She Wants To Be A Cowgirl
- Little Brown Chevette
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #100807 in Music
- Released on: 2007-03-12
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
Everything's right this time...
Despite being a fan of Darren's previous work with Hefner, i bought this CD with some trepidation as i had found the French to be a bit of a letdown (don't get me wrong, i'm one of the Hefner fans who liked "Dead Media", but the French were just too much). However, i shouldn't have worried as this record is rather lovely. It's not a step back to the old Hefner sound, instead a step forward incorporating elements of all eras of his work into a rather cohesive whole.
Darren Hayman: Table for One
This is the first solo album released by ex-Hefner singer Darren Hayman. Reviews seem to compare it to early hefner, but I think somewhere in between Hefner and Darren's last band "The French" (but without keyboards) is more accurate.
Highlights are a re-recording of the single "caravan song", "protons and neutrons" (originally recorded for the french), "perfect homes" and "table for one" (the albums best track). The last two could easily have been on any hefner album. The other songs aren't immediate by any means, but persevere and they become classics. Unfortunately the album is let down by a couple of songs which are piss poor at best ("the national canine defence league" in paticular).
Overall an excellent album, although one you are going to have to listen to a number of times to fully appreciate. It will definitely be in my top 5 albums at the end of 2006.
Theres always room for desert
Darren Hayman is one of the few indie stars who has made the leap from
band member to solo artist.The desert menu is another reminder that there
is much more the mr hayman than Hefner. The opening track is taken from
the classic album table for one, and has some blistering guitars. Also
found within this little gem, is the soft and pretty song short skirt, and lets not forget the buzzcocks style stomp of something I could never be. The desert menu is a winner compliments to the chef
Danny Huntley
