Darren Hayes - Spin

Spin

Darren's solo work is a bit more edgy, and electronic sounding. Never the less amazing. When I found out about the release of his debut solo album I bought three. If you liked Savage Garden, you'll love this. March 20, 2008

A decent effort for a first solo album

Spin is the debut solo album for Darren Hayes, the former lead singer of Savage Garden.

Lead-off single "Insatiable" is a ballad that uses strings and has a hint of a Latin feel. It's a good song, although its main flaw is an overly-long ending. "Crush (1980 Me)" is the standout track on the album; it's the most uptempo song on Spin, and is heavily influenced by the 1980's for both the lyrics and the music. "Crush (1980 Me)" is easily my favorite song on the whole album. Most of the other songs are midtempo or ballads.

My favorite songs on the CD are: "Strange Relationship," "Insatiable," "I Miss You," "Crush (1980 Me)," and "Spin."

This is an enhanced CD. The enhanced portion includes a link to a multimedia page, which had streaming audio and lyrics for the album. At one point, there were three songs on the site that weren't available on the album: "Where You Want to Be," "When You Say You Love Me," and "Lift Me Up [Demo]."

Overall, there are some good songs on Spin, but Darren focused too heavily on ballads. Also, a number of the songs had drawn-out endings. If there were more a sonic variety to the album, and if the endings of a lot of the songs had been shortened, I would have liked this CD a lot better. November 13, 2007

Addition to Collection

If you're a fan of Savage Garden, then you should pick this up. Darren Hayes's voice is so sexy and the songs on the album are the best. October 18, 2007

Nice first step

I enjoyed the cd, it is a tad bit different from what he did with Savage Garden. But still enjoyable listen for the most part. There were only 4 songs that i wasn't really feeling throughout the CD. But everything was solid. He has always been a great songwriter and you see that on different songs like Strange Relationship, Insatiable, I Miss You and Dirty. Which is kind of weird, he's like a stalker after someone that he really likes and breaks it down in detail. Its totally different. Also enjoyed Crush (1980 Me) , Good Enough and Like It Or Not.

I know this was his first solo effort and even i'm an Savage Garden fan. This is a step in the right direction for Darren Hayes and i'm sure a sign of better things to come for him. Purchasing i would check out some songs to it first and see whether this one appeals to you or not. If not you should check his 2nd one "Tension & The Spark" a standout cd that hits on the all right notes..nuff said. September 18, 2007

Cool Songs

I regret myself why I didn't chase the post-Savage-Garden. This album includes the eazy cozy songs by the most powerful composers all over the world such as Walter Afanasieff (Mariah Carey) and Rick Nowels (Belinda Carlisle) that I've ever been thinking.

Good Enough is good enough to be the best song of this album against its modest tune (and please tell me What You Like about the best song). July 4, 2006

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