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Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Music
Genre:	Folk
Artist:	Damien Rice

This has to be one of the best albums I've listened to in a long time. It just made me realize how crappy some of the stuff I've been subjecting my ears to!

I first heard Damien Rice's song The Blower's Daughter last September, when May played the cd in the car. The song sort of got stuck in the back of my head, and I've been searching for the cd ever since.

And I finally found it!

I listened to it once, and twice and over and over.

Damien Rice is an Irish folk singer, with some dirty lyrics. The songs are slow, but the music is beautiful. His voice just has so much emotion. Anyone who loves acoustic music will love Rice.

The song Blower's Daughter just sticks, with the refrain "and I can't take my eyes off you." "Delicate" was featured on an episode of Lost. But "Cannonball" is really something. It sounds familiar, but its undeniably Damien Rice. You can repeat his songs over and over and you won't get tired of it.

Something tells me Damien will be on repeat on my iPod for a long time.