{"id":12620,"date":"2017-04-28T05:45:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T09:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=12620"},"modified":"2017-04-21T09:29:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T13:29:26","slug":"album-mini-review-colin-hay-fierce-mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/28\/album-mini-review-colin-hay-fierce-mercy\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Mini-review: Colin Hay — Fierce Mercy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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File next to: Men at Work, David Gray, Paul Kelly<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colin Hay<\/strong> long ago left behind the bouncy pop of Men at Work<\/strong>, though his solo releases are every bit as warm and inviting. Hay possesses a voice that suggests an effortless ability to convey the emotion in his story-songs. Recorded in Nashville, Fierce Mercy<\/i> does indeed take on the musical characteristics of that city, but Hay’s aesthetic vision is wide-reaching enough to transcend pigeonholing. The sweeping, Phil-Spector<\/strong>esque grandeur of \u201cSecret Love\u201d provides Hay with an opportunity to show a vocal range only hinted at in most of his other work. \u201cA Thousand Million Seasons\u201d displays his wistful side, and \u201cThe Last to Know\u201d is resignedly melancholy. Fierce Mercy<\/i> is most certainly not a rock album; instead it’s is a grown-up record for grown-up listeners, made all the better by some of the finest arrangements of Colin Hay’s 30-plus year career.<\/p>\n

You may also enjoy<\/em>: my 2016 interview with Colin Hay<\/a>, and a review of his 2014 album Man @ Work<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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