Spin

Artist: Darren Hayes
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 696998625020
EAN: 0696998625020
ASIN: B000063207

Release Date: 2002-03-19

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Australian & New Zealand Recording Artists
My Favorite CDs-Part 1
Must-Have CDs-Part 1
The Most Underrated Albums Ever
Savage goes Solo...collect the works of Darren Hayes
My Favorite Music and Movies
Contemporary montage of an intimate collection
Essential Music Lovers CDs
My CD Collection
Favorite Male Albums....

Tracks:

Strange Relationship
Insatiable
Heart Attack
I Miss You
Creepin' Up On You
Dirty
Crush (1980 ME)
Good Enough
I Can't Ever Get Enough Of You
Like It Or Not
What You Like
Spin

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Customer Reviews:

Cool Songs.......2006-07-04

I regret myself why I didn't chase the post-Savage-Garden. This album includes the eazy cozy songs by the most powerful composers all over the world such as Walter Afanasieff (Mariah Carey) and Rick Nowels (Belinda Carlisle) that I've ever been thinking.

Good Enough is good enough to be the best song of this album against its modest tune (and please tell me What You Like about the best song).

Flush your cash down the can and give a mutated fish the gift of bus fare.......2006-06-02

Do yourself a BIG favor and DON'T buy this.
If I was Darren Hayes' mom, I totally woulda smacked him upside the head for making this unbelievably embarrassing, trite, cringeworthy, insensitive, sexist DRIVEL.
The Judge character in Who Framed Roger Rabbit makes a more paletable sound when he scratches his nails on the blackboard.
The songs on this cd are so 80s yet so badly done that they probably wouldn't have made much impact then either. You won't belive your ears that this album was penned-in THIS century-by the same man who wrote So Beautiful.
THANKFULLY, he gets his head back in the game with his second solo album, The Tension And The Spark, which is OUTSTANDING. Buy that one.

...Um...ick!.......2006-05-04

Ok, I did listen to this CD on Amazon before buying, read the reviews and already own both Savage Garden CD's: How bad could this be?
"Ick", is the only word that comes to mind to describe this album. Granted Darren Hayes still sings like he did in Savage Garden, but ends up coming across more like an early Michael Jackson or Prince. Rather than the distinct, catchy, "Euro Pop" sound that was going on before. If I'd wanted "Michael Jackson", I would have bought Michael Jackson!
The tecno sound to the ablum is good, and earns two stars, but the lyrics and singing surely bring it down!
In the end I have to say I gave this album every chance, but was uninspired by the mediocre performance.

Absolutely Amazing!.......2006-04-13

"Spin," The debut CD of former Savage Garden frontman, Darren Hayes, is one of the greatest debut solo albums you can lay your ears on. With a fantastic mix of poppy dance grooves and smooth ballads, this album is sure to please fans of the pop/r&b sound.
It was indeed a smart move to hire the brilliantly melodic master-producer Walter Afanasieff as the musical collaborator on this. Afanasieff's tunes and Hayes' voice blend wonderfully and the result is a near perfect album. While top honors go to the wonderful tracks: "Strange Relationship," "I Miss You," "Creepin' Up On You," "Can't Ever Get Enough Of You," and "Like It Or Not," there's something to like in every single tune. I highly recommed this album to pop/r&b enthusiasts. Being a fan of that genre myself, I know a good thing when I hear it.

what u like.......2006-03-29

I have been a darren hayes/savage garden fan since I want you, to the moon and back, etc...The minute i heard "i want u", i knew this was going to be something big - you know, you just get that feeling sometimes.

Well, what can I say, this is definitely the best work that Darren Hayes has ever done, and surpasses the Savage Garden albums by a mile. The mood is darker (more songs feel like break me shake me rather than truly madly deeply). And all the songs flow into each other almost like a (gasp!) concept album. Very cohesive indeed.

I am going to rate these songs on a scale of ten. Why do I rate some songs higher than 10 (as you may have seen in other reviews as well)? Because I feel that they are uber-fantastic and are the driving force of the album.

1. Strange Relationship 9/10
Good starting number, a bit weird and dark. Though many people rate it their favourite, not mine....

2. Insatiable 20/10
THE driving force of the album. dark, brooding, sensuous, sad all at the same time with a very soothing beat and fantastic latin style guitars...his falsetto sounds wonderful - doesn't get better than this.

3. Heart Attack 7/10
An ordinary michael jackson like pop song resqued by darren's voice

4. I Miss You 8/10
Good slow song, but nothing special...again vocals are great

5. Creepin' Up On You 8/10
Again, a rather creepy sounding song - the orchestral piece blends in well with the pop...

6. Dirty 7/10
Another michael jackson sounding song - guitaring is good on this one..again nothing special but not too bad...

7. Crush (1980 ME) 12/10
I wish he had the "holiday" remixed version which sounded much better - if so, i would have scored it even higher.

8. Good Enough 10/10
The balads are all beginning to sound somewhat similar, but the vocals and lyrics carry them through

9. I Can't Ever Get Enough Of You 12/10
Heartfelt - only one who has been in love can understand this song

10. Like It Or Not 10/10
The line just goes around in my head " coming 2 see u whether u like it or not...)

11. What You Like 10/10
I didn't like this one at first, but is has really grown on me...quite funky, midtempo and nice.

12. Spin 20/10
my god! how could the last song on the album be so darn upbeat and good. This song has really grown on me and definitely rocks!

I cannot begin to stress how good this album is...i mean, no lousy songs, and except for a few fast tracks, this is totally top notch. I doubt if Darren Hayes will ever make a better album than this - I think this is where he peaked...

if you have any doubts about buying this album, BUY IT without a second thought! if you like good pop/rock music....When the music feels like this!

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