Life In Slow Motion
by David Gray
  • Record Label: ATO
  • Release Date: Sep 13, 2005
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 35
  3. Negative: 1 out of 35

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  1. PaulD
    Oct 8, 2005
    6
    As a huge David Gray fan I expected something special from an album which seemed so long in the making and for the first few minutes of the first song on the album 'Alibi' I wasn't disappointed. But sadly, with the exception of a few moments of the 'This Years Love' magic during 'Slow Motion', this album drifts off into a the drone my wife oftens As a huge David Gray fan I expected something special from an album which seemed so long in the making and for the first few minutes of the first song on the album 'Alibi' I wasn't disappointed. But sadly, with the exception of a few moments of the 'This Years Love' magic during 'Slow Motion', this album drifts off into a the drone my wife oftens describes David Gray as. Forget what everyone says about his new use of backing music, what really let's this album down is a mixture of unimaginative lyrics with rather averagegy music. If you want something as "addictive" as White Ladder then James Blunt's Back To Bedlam is the new benchmark. P.S Am I the only one who loved A New Day At Midnight? (Dead in The Water, Real Love, Freedom, The Other Side, Be Mine .... not White Ladder but still something special)… Expand
  2. ErikE
    Sep 17, 2005
    5
    David never gets going on this album. After the 4th track I had to switch it of for a while because of his awful whining voice. It`s very much a "I`ve heard this before" type of album. It sound pretty much like a student with computer and Garageband.
  3. BrianM
    Sep 15, 2005
    6
    A perfect collection of sadly romantic songs that is sure to make the happiest listener want to call his mama and cry like a baby.
  4. dave
    Oct 13, 2005
    5
    very over-produced. any album he makes from now on will never match the anger and emotion of A Century Ends and Flesh..Not one track on this album is close to Shine and Coming Down. I am a big David Gray but I will be sticking to his older albums for the time being. A let down.
  5. Matt
    Sep 16, 2005
    6
    kind of dull but it has its moments. not as good as past efforts. ain't no love is the best song.
  6. PeterM
    Sep 24, 2005
    6
    over-produced... most songs drag on at the end... he's lost the spirit that made `white ladder` and even `new day` so moving... sounds confused and depressed

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Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. E! Online
    91
    [Gray has] stepped up his own game with richer production, bigger arrangements and a renewed sense of purpose that makes songs like "Alibi" and "Disappearing World" sound like his most epic work yet.
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  2. Dot Music
    90
    With "Life In Slow Motion" he's delivered an album so rich and deft that it pushes beyond the realm of the humble singer-songwriter, to earn him a place alongside the likes of Springsteen and Van Morrison as one of music's revered elite. Without question, this is a classic album.
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  3. The A.V. Club
    60
    A tendency to devolve into Coldplay-esque atmospherics makes it a less than wholly successful effort.
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