Track Listing

1. Sundrenched World
2. Star Mile
3. Everything'll Be Alright (Will's Lullaby)
4. These Photographs
5. Closer
6. Today
7. Winter
8. Someone Else's Life
9. Amy's Song
10. What If You
11. Only You

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3301 in Music
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Customer Reviews

If he is genuine, he needs to find a better way to say it
Samey and durgy is a good way to describe the majority of these tracks. As everyone else, I was first introduced to Joshua Radin through Scrubs. I didn't pay all that much attention to anything he made until I heard Closer for the first time. I immediately strained my ears to work out the lyrics so I could discover what the song was by a simple google lyrics search. On discovering this I got myself the track and a few more. Although I didn't think the album was phenomenal, I did thoroughly enjoy Closer and Today, so I decided I'd gamble and get the whole album.

When it arrived and I put it on to play I was immensely irritated to find that both Closer and Today were completely different on the actual cd. It appeared I had obtained the demo tracks before rather than these commercialized churn-outs. Closer, instead of being a quiet but soulful track had turned into a poppy and highly vexing track with the main riff converted into a 'bouncy' and 'catchier' sound with a ridiculous and idiotic chime playing at points in the background. Although my heart fell at this I reminded myself that Today would be on next and that that would lift my spirits. As if my thoughts had been heard and laughed at Today came on and was also converted into a monotonous droning riff with all of the feeling from the vocals removed in favour of a barely multi-tonal rendition with whispered and copycat female vocals.

While I believe that the originals for these may have had some credibility, the blatent over-production and seeming boredom-laden singing disgusts me and leads me to conclude that Joshua Radin's concern for his music ran out after he realized that Sony could remove the part where he had to make an effort to get his music heard by thoughtful fans and could instead push out the same trite zombie-pop and cash in.

an Album to rave about :) (but not rave to)
ok to start, I'll just begin by saying this guy KNOWS how to write music. and that everyone should stop saying that his music has anything to do with scrubs, even if it is on there, it's amazing in it's own right :)

every single song on this album is amazing. and every one is listeneable at all times of the day, when you're in all types of moods.

this guy is so good I am now into the habit of telling every new (and old) person i meet as soon as the conversation gets onto music.

every song drifts in and out perfectly, and the simple differences such as sundrenched world's violin, to the clicky drummy thing (can NOT think of a better description) on only you. winter is the perfect song to listen to when you can't get your mind off someone, although having said that everything'll be alright could do that too. Joshua's voice sets the tone of the album, and with his soothing guitar riffs, you'll soon be hooked. just don't say his music is to do with scrubs, cause it's amazing in it's own right :)

a buy for EVERYONE young, old, and weird

one of the best things i've heard. ever

Beautiful
The first Joshua Radin song I ever heard was "Closer", and I think it is still my favourite to date. This album is one of those ones that conveys all different emotions. I'll be talking to someone, or walking down the road, and one of his amazingly written lyrics will just pop into my head.

I was amazed when I found out he did a cover of "Only You", it being one of my favourite songs after the Office Xmas Special (British version, naturally.). And it's a really different but beautiful version.

Two more songs that are really worth mentioning (although it's all good) are "Will's Lullaby", which has the most beautiful melody, and always makes me want to cry, and "Amy's Song", which really does sum up my life sometimes: "And sometimes, sometimes, I wanna be...I scream that I wanna be, anyone but me." It's all brilliantly written, and I promise there will be at least one song that you will find yourself relating to.