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On its fifth full-length album, PUZZLES LIKE YOU, Mojave 3 extends its stay in the expansive, wide-screen territory of its predecessor, SPOON AND RAFTER. While the British group's alt-country leanings are still evident (see the sleepy, pastoral ... Full Description"Most Days"), singer-songwriter Neil Halstead and company are also intent on crafting lush indie-pop tunes, most notably the chiming single "Breaking the Ice," a gloriously upbeat song that highlights Halstead's gentle vocal harmonies with bassist Rachel Goswell. And, on "Big Star Baby," Mojave 3 masterfully melds a twangy pedal-steel lilt with a highly melodic sensibility, while toasting the the revered power-pop act Big Star. For fans that thought that the former Slowdivers had hit a peak with SPOON AND RAFTER, this assured and dynamic outing reveals that Mojave 3 is still ascending to new and greater heights.Spin (p.84) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[It bears] the mark of Big Star, the Memphis power-pop institution whose twangy jangle-rock lessons Halstead appears to have internalized."
CMJ (p.5) - "[T]he album consists mostly of melodic, country-tinged indie rock."
No Depression (p.111) - "Stuffed with bubblegum choruses, faster time signatures, and several of the most unapologetically catchy, pure pop tracks they've ever committed to tape." Hide Description Puzzles Like You Music | List Price | $14.97 (You save $2.48) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Alternative CDs, Rock | | Label | 4AD | | Orig Year | 2006 | | All Time Sales Rank |  36353  | | CD Universe Part number | 7102277 | | Catalog number | 72604 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 06, 2006 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Additional Info | Digipak |
Mojave 3 Puzzles Like You Songs | 1. | Truck Driving Man |
| 2. | Puzzles Like You |
| 3. | Breaking The Ice  |
| 4. | Running With Your Eyes Closed |
| 5. | Most Days |
| 6. | Big Star Baby |
| 7. | Ghost Ship Waiting |
| 8. | Kill The Lights |
| 9. | You Said It Before |
| 10. | To Hold Your Tiny Toes |
| 11. | Just A Boy |
| 12. | The Mutineer |
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