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The sixth studio long-player from the multi-platinum-selling singer/songwriter,
Something Worth Saving
sees
Gavin DeGraw
treading familiar ground, but with the easy yet cocksure gait of a pop pro.
DeGraw
's big, soulful, and elastic voice remains his biggest asset, and it helps to elevate some of the album's less inspired numbers, specifically the paint-by-numbers opener/single "She Sets the City on Fire." With that bit of
Fun.
-aping, romantic comedy trailer bait out of the way,
is able to flex his songwriting chops a bit, beginning with the sultry "You Make My Heart Sing Louder," a bluesy, midtempo come-hither banger that finds the sweet spot between the club and the ride home. Elsewhere, the subtle electro-folk gem "Kite Like a Girl" invokes late-'70s
Paul Simon
by way of
Ed Sheeran
, the bouncy "Anaalee" flirts with classic Motown and soul in a sort of "Come on Eileen" way, and the punchy "How Lucky Can a Man Get" suggests that
spent his formative years absorbing more than his fair share of classic rock radio -- the title track/closer is a genuine lighter ballad. As per usual,
, like a 21st century
Huey Lewis
, delivers everything with an amiable, everyman gusto, and it's that penchant for workmanlike listener inclusiveness that ultimately makes
worth dropping the needle on. ~ James Christopher Monger
Something Worth Saving
sees
Gavin DeGraw
treading familiar ground, but with the easy yet cocksure gait of a pop pro.
DeGraw
's big, soulful, and elastic voice remains his biggest asset, and it helps to elevate some of the album's less inspired numbers, specifically the paint-by-numbers opener/single "She Sets the City on Fire." With that bit of
Fun.
-aping, romantic comedy trailer bait out of the way,
is able to flex his songwriting chops a bit, beginning with the sultry "You Make My Heart Sing Louder," a bluesy, midtempo come-hither banger that finds the sweet spot between the club and the ride home. Elsewhere, the subtle electro-folk gem "Kite Like a Girl" invokes late-'70s
Paul Simon
by way of
Ed Sheeran
, the bouncy "Anaalee" flirts with classic Motown and soul in a sort of "Come on Eileen" way, and the punchy "How Lucky Can a Man Get" suggests that
spent his formative years absorbing more than his fair share of classic rock radio -- the title track/closer is a genuine lighter ballad. As per usual,
, like a 21st century
Huey Lewis
, delivers everything with an amiable, everyman gusto, and it's that penchant for workmanlike listener inclusiveness that ultimately makes
worth dropping the needle on. ~ James Christopher Monger
The sixth studio long-player from the multi-platinum-selling singer/songwriter,
Something Worth Saving
sees
Gavin DeGraw
treading familiar ground, but with the easy yet cocksure gait of a pop pro.
DeGraw
's big, soulful, and elastic voice remains his biggest asset, and it helps to elevate some of the album's less inspired numbers, specifically the paint-by-numbers opener/single "She Sets the City on Fire." With that bit of
Fun.
-aping, romantic comedy trailer bait out of the way,
is able to flex his songwriting chops a bit, beginning with the sultry "You Make My Heart Sing Louder," a bluesy, midtempo come-hither banger that finds the sweet spot between the club and the ride home. Elsewhere, the subtle electro-folk gem "Kite Like a Girl" invokes late-'70s
Paul Simon
by way of
Ed Sheeran
, the bouncy "Anaalee" flirts with classic Motown and soul in a sort of "Come on Eileen" way, and the punchy "How Lucky Can a Man Get" suggests that
spent his formative years absorbing more than his fair share of classic rock radio -- the title track/closer is a genuine lighter ballad. As per usual,
, like a 21st century
Huey Lewis
, delivers everything with an amiable, everyman gusto, and it's that penchant for workmanlike listener inclusiveness that ultimately makes
worth dropping the needle on. ~ James Christopher Monger
Something Worth Saving
sees
Gavin DeGraw
treading familiar ground, but with the easy yet cocksure gait of a pop pro.
DeGraw
's big, soulful, and elastic voice remains his biggest asset, and it helps to elevate some of the album's less inspired numbers, specifically the paint-by-numbers opener/single "She Sets the City on Fire." With that bit of
Fun.
-aping, romantic comedy trailer bait out of the way,
is able to flex his songwriting chops a bit, beginning with the sultry "You Make My Heart Sing Louder," a bluesy, midtempo come-hither banger that finds the sweet spot between the club and the ride home. Elsewhere, the subtle electro-folk gem "Kite Like a Girl" invokes late-'70s
Paul Simon
by way of
Ed Sheeran
, the bouncy "Anaalee" flirts with classic Motown and soul in a sort of "Come on Eileen" way, and the punchy "How Lucky Can a Man Get" suggests that
spent his formative years absorbing more than his fair share of classic rock radio -- the title track/closer is a genuine lighter ballad. As per usual,
, like a 21st century
Huey Lewis
, delivers everything with an amiable, everyman gusto, and it's that penchant for workmanlike listener inclusiveness that ultimately makes
worth dropping the needle on. ~ James Christopher Monger
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