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Richard X Heyman started making great solo records right out of the gate. Anyone who enjoys highly melodic rock with sterling pop values, hooks galore and just the right amount of oomph simply must own his first several albums. And they\u2019d do well to purchase everything else he\u2019s done, as the man displays impressive quality control.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s essentially a one-man band, putting him in that rarefied category alongside McCartney, Rundgren, Wonder and a select few others. There\u2019s a kind of signature sound upon which Heyman can be relied upon to deliver. And on Copious Notes<\/em>, he delivers that vibe in wonderful fashion. The creamy vocal harmonies of \u201cNearly There\u201d open the album, and Nancy Leigh\u2019s vocal harmonies are deftly mixed in to make those heavenly choirs even better. The jangle one expects from RXH is present, and the song\u2019s overall vibe makes it sound like gentle rock played in a church. (And that\u2019s meant in the very best possible way.)<\/p>\n Sure, Heyman front-loads his albums like one\u2019s supposed to, but the quality remains consistent. His consummate skills on a multiplicity of instruments \u2013 far beyond workmanlike \u2013 shines on every single track. The degree of care that went into making the album is obvious throughout.<\/p>\n Heyman\u2019s a master of balladry. He knows his way around a pop tune. And his arrangement skills are superb. He does nearly everything himself, and when he brings in guests, they add something extra-special, too. Few artists can claim a consistency to compare with that of Richard X Heyman. He\u2019s never made a weak album (or EP, for that matter) and it doesn\u2019t look as if he\u2019s going to start now. 34 years after his debut EP, Copious Notes<\/em> is another winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Richard X Heyman started making great solo records right out of the gate. Anyone who enjoys highly melodic rock with sterling pop values, hooks galore and just the right amount […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,62,65],"tags":[1838],"class_list":["post-21312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-release","category-rawk","category-review","tag-richard-x-heyman","cat-49-id","cat-62-id","cat-65-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21359,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21312\/revisions\/21359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}