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"Darren Hayes from Savage Garden, with his solo album, without any doubts will get the status of the most important consoler of the broken maiden hearts. The history of Savage Garden's - one of the most successful pop-duets of last times - break on the peak of the career is still covered with a scales of mystery. However, nothing remains for Darren Hayes, the singer of this duo, but to try to repeat ways of George Micheal or Robbie Williams. Or at least, any Gary Barlow's one. Actually, if Darren moves towards anything - it is towards vocal grimaces of Michael Jackson, imposed on rhythmical disco-funk bit. Here we'll necessary hear both sobs, squeals and languid aspiration directly in a core of a microphone. In half of album's ballads, disco rousing tunes liberate to tearful teen-pop. Well and again on the second circle: has sobed, has squealed, has sighed. And in the meantime sky is burned with hundreds of maiden lighters.. .. When album was not released yet, our attention was paid to the fact, that it refers to as "Spin" - which means "Turn" (it's like in due time was George Michael's epoch-making "Older"). But there are no any especial turns in comparison with music of Savage Garden on Hayes's album - only any bits of "rock" from his songs have disappeared without leaving a trace. Only absolutely commercial pop-corn for top 40 hit radio stations has remained."
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