Friday, May 16, 2008

We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.

The 3rd studio album by talented singer/songwriter Jason Mraz, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things, demonstrates Mraz' abilities to woo many different audiences. With ingenuitive marketing, Mraz hyped his album with three individual 4-track EPs, titled the We Sing EP, We Dance EP, We Steal Things EP, respectively. These short EPs contained tracks from the new album that were performed at various events and were typically uncut and raw. Although they were thoroughly enjoyable, the final cuts in the studio album are much more polished and complete. Some of the highlights of this album include the first radio single and fan-favorite, "I'm Yours" as well as tracks like the fast-paced and lyrically stunning "The Dynamo of Volition" and the humorous and youthful "If It Kills Me". I've had the album for about two weeks now, and the EPs as they respectively released themselves, and it has a special place in my heart as one of the best albums of this summer. "I'm Yours" has a record-shattering 104 plays in my iTunes top 25, and this is an album I would recommend to all. I don't care if you download it, stream it, listen on youtube, or purchase the album, just stop reading and go listen to some of the best lyrics from a respected artist.

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