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Hand Built By Robots | 
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| Artist: Newton Faulkner
Label: RCA
Category: Music
List Price: £11.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 56
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 886971130621
EAN: 0886971130621
ASIN: B000QRI5R2
Release Date: July 30, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Unwanted Gift
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| Tracks:
| » | ) Intro | | » | ) To The Light | | » | ) I Need Something | | » | ) All I Got | | » | ) Dream Catch Me | | » | ) Feels Like Home | | » | ) Teardrop | | » | ) Gone In The Morning | | » | ) Sitar-y Thing | | » | ) Uncomfortably Slow | | » | ) Straight Towards The Sun | | » | ) People Should Smile More | | » | ) She's Got The Time | | » | ) UFO | | » | ) Face (Her) | | » | ) Aging Superhero | | » | ) Lullaby |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Newton Faulkner has toured with Paulo Nutini and James Morrison. You hear this fact far more often than you have to--it might have made sense to expose his palatable acoustic tinkerings to those massive audiences, but that association leaves too simplistic an impression. He specialises in partially progressive, free-willed folk-pop that is on one hand too cosy and warm for mass consumption--there's only so much space around the beach campfire--but on the other it's so accessible, so infectious, so feel-good that how could it not be headed for every other car stereo in the country, windows rolled down (weather permitting). It's not cutting edge by any stretch of the imagination; he constantly reminds of the acoustic balladry of 90s soft-metal bands Extreme and Mr Big (or at least the songs "More than Words" and "To Be with You") via modern day peers like Ben Harper, but Newton Faulkner comes with a fertile imagination and an enjoyably flexible range to dress that foundation up. His gravelly cover of Massive Attack's "Teardrop" is notable and Jack Johnson's a good reference for the percussive plucking of tunes like "Gone in the Morning", "To the Light" and "Feels Like Home". There are very few 17-track albums that couldn't be improved by losing six tracks, but the consistency on Hand Built by Robots is admirable and hints at a long term talent. --James Berry
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| Customer Reviews: Read 54 more reviews...
 Sensational May 22, 2008
Often enough when you buy an album based on listening to one record, you tend to flick through each track nodding and shaking your head as to whether you like it. But with this album, every song captured me, every song is catchy and punchy.
A brilliant album and would class as one of faves that i listen to ver and over again!! Waiting for a second album now!
 Nice one April 19, 2008
Close your eyes, sing along and be transported into a variety of emotions. By listening you join a journey of expressing and exploring your greatest frustrations, convictions and thoughts. Newton Faulker sings a summer breeze into the polluted Hollywood music scene and gives us room to breathe through his soulful and whimsical tunes. Its comfort music, soothing for the soul and easy on the ears. Few 17 track CDs can capture your interest from start to finish but this one certainly tries. You know straight from the intro that the camp fire has been brought straight to you and by the final track 'lullaby', faulker has sung you into a peace that few musicians can nowdays.
If you decide against it you've missed out, its a rare find on todays scene. :)
Home Grown Can Be Good Too April 15, 2008
The first time I heard this lad the great Leo Kottke came to mind.
Forty years his senior, his many recordings place muscular yet
refined guitar technique centre stage, whether as the main course
or supporting his rich but sometimes wayward baritone.
Mr Faulkner is likewise a robust technician whose percussive guitar style
supports a fine voice and songwriting of distinction.
His lyrics workmanlike; his melodies memorable.
'I Need Something'; 'Dream Catch Me' ; 'Gone In The Morning'; uptempo,
densely rhythmic and with a cool eye for a killer hook.
'Uncomfortably Slow'; 'Straight Towards The Sun'; 'Lullaby' and the tiny
but beautiful interlude 'Face (Her)' demonstrate an innate capacity
for tenderness and reflection.
The production is sympathetic and uncluttered.
There's nothing here that shouldn't be.
This classy debut points to a bright and boyant future.
Sheer brilliance. March 25, 2008
After hearing a fleeting line or two of his cover of Massive Attack's Teardrop, I went out to buy this album and I'm extremely glad I did. His voice, technical skill, clever lyrics and brilliant melodies all factor in to making this a perfectly flowing album. Not my usual style at all, but I can't help but fall in love with this masterpiece - if you're looking for something that you can really listen to and chill out to, then this is definitely the album for you.
Surprisingly good! March 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like a dreadlocked cross between Jack Johnson and John Mayer, Newton Faulkner's debut album combines intricate, interesting and inventive acoustic guitar playing (check out the use of the guitar body as percussion) with a soulful, commercially-appealing vocal and a substantial array of excellent, enjoyable songs. A little too quirky to be comfortably mainstream, Newton (real first name: Sam) has released an impressively good first album which could easily appeal to fans of many genres and could, indeed, comfortably sell albums to both fans of radio-friendly pop and indie-folk lovers without either feeling as if they are betraying their tastes.
My favourite tracks are the catchy and very slightly silly Gone In The Morning, the sadness and themes of alienation of Uncomfortably Slow, the gentle beauty of Straight Towards The Sun and the short but very sweet She's Got The Time which has the strong scent of The White Stripes. It's a bone of contention that, lyrically, Newton possibly isn't as well-developed as his musical intuition certainly is and there are a few times during the album that you don't quite feel as if he has progressed beyond the surface, but given the fact that he is in his early twenties and, such is his charm, that he always just about gets away with whatever he tries on this album, you can forgive him for those brief moments. This album is just such a pleasure from start to finish because of the raw talent of the guy - I'd be very surprised if he didn't have a long and successful career ahead of him.
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