Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
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Track List: We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
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- Make It Mine
- I'm Yours
- Lucky
- Butterfly
- Live High
- Love For a Child
- Details In the Fabric
- Coyotes
- Only Human
- The Dynamo of Volition
- If It Kills Me
- A Beautiful Mess
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Album Details: We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
- Release Date:
- 05/13/2008
- Label:
- Atlantic / Wea
- UPC:
- 075678994753
Pro Reviews: We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Obsessed with carnality as he is, it was only a matter of time before Jason Mraz realized that it's better to sound sexy than to blather about it incessantly. This monumental moment arrives on his third album, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things, easily his sleekest collection of sounds and his only album to contain a suggestion of seduction within its grooves. Actually, We Sing is Mraz's only album to actually groove, as he sets down his acoustic guitar for much of the album and rides along on smooth rhythms partially indebted to ''80s blueeyed soul by Hall Oates and Steve Winwood in that sense, the album recalls John Mayer's Continuum in that regard but he relies heavier on Thriller, mixing it up with some modern neosoul that gives this a surprisingly soulful sound. Mraz can glide on by these surfaces, leaning on the gentle art of insinuation instead of goosing his paramour, but old habits die hard: it's only a matter of time before he punctures the seduction by scatting sophomorically or slipping in juvenile comeons ("you make my slacks tight") or manically stuttering syncopations on "The Dynamo of Volition." Mraz is also prone to terminal cuteness, drafting in a kids chorus to close out the coda of "Coyotes" and mewling out phrases like "always a goody dooer," and while these are often so closemiced and forthright they're hard to ignore, they're also just not as prevalent as they were on the icky Mr. AZ. Also, they're also cleverly camouflaged beneath that gossamer gloss, typified by the quite catchy "Butterfly" whose Quincy Jonesstyled horns disguise his mildly queasy oral sex puns. Mraz's lyrics don't stand up to such close scrutiny something the McCartneyesque, perhaps autobiographical divorce ballad "Love for a Child" ("was it my mom who put dad out on his ass/or the other way around") makes plain but the nice thing about the soulful shimmer of We Steal is that it's so slick that it's easy to ignore the gibberish spilling out of Mraz's mouth and just enjoy the sunny, easy sound. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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Singer/songwriter Jason Mraz hails from Mechanicsville, VA, where he grew up as a fan of the Dave Matthews Band and local roots musicians the Agents of Good Root. But it was Mraz's interest and participation in musical theater that was his first intr...Full Jason Mraz Biography
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