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Dear Life Image
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70

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  • Summary: The 13th full-length studio release from British singer-songwriter David Gray was produced with Ben De Vries.
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Jan 17, 2025
    80
    It is another fine album from one of the country’s finest singer-songwriters, quietly but productively ploughing his own fertile furrow.
  2. Jan 16, 2025
    80
    David takes us on a fascinating journey exploring the human condition in the most captivating and meaningful way.
  3. Mojo
    Jan 16, 2025
    80
    It's a slow burner that catches fire. [Feb 2025, p.82]
  4. Jan 16, 2025
    60
    Dear Life is a fine album that will appeal to his long-term fans – the sort of steady, consistent record that we’re used to from him by now.
  5. Uncut
    Jan 16, 2025
    50
    That he can still write a timeless folk-rock melody is evident in songs such as "That Day Must Surely Come" and "After The Harvest", but the contemporary pop orthodoxy of the arrangements and production is disheartening. [Jan 2025, p.35]