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All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
On "Good Enough," a track from his debut solo album Spin, former Savage Garden singer Darren Hayes confesses that he sometimes dances to the music of Britney Spears and that he loves everything Steven Spielberg has ever done. These are not surprising admissions. Savage Garden sold millions of records by keeping up with the latest trends in pop and turning out a series of unabashed romantic ballads starting with "Truly Madly Deeply"; on his own, Hayes proposes to do exactly the same thing. To that end, he has employed Walter Afanasieff, who previously worked with Savage Garden and has handled recordings by such mass pop acts as Mariah Carey and Celine Dion, to produce, ...
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All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
On "Good Enough," a track from his debut solo album Spin, former Savage Garden singer Darren Hayes confesses that he sometimes dances to the music of Britney Spears and that he loves everything Steven Spielberg has ever done. These are not surprising admissions. Savage Garden sold millions of records by keeping up with the latest trends in pop and turning out a series of unabashed romantic ballads starting with "Truly Madly Deeply"; on his own, Hayes proposes to do exactly the same thing. To that end, he has employed Walter Afanasieff, who previously worked with Savage Garden and has handled recordings by such mass pop acts as Mariah Carey and Celine Dion, to produce, arrange, and, as he acknowledges in his extensive thank-yous, play nearly all the instruments on the album, while also co-writing five of the 12 songs. Much of Afanasieff's playing is in fact programming; there are few real musical instruments to be heard on the disc. As usual, the commercially minded producer has kept up with trends in pop, and his music is reminiscent of the sounds that have been at the top of the charts in the early '00s, especially in the music of Spears, Backstreet Boys, and *NSYNC. Dance tracks like "Heart Attack" and "I Miss You" might as well be the work of such peers. Of course, this is not to say that Hayes and Afanasieff have forgotten Savage Garden's bread-and-butter concern, the Big Ballad. "Insatiable," the first single, is intended to have the same kind of run on the adult contemporary charts that the Savage Garden hits did, and "I Can't Ever Get Enough of You" is waiting in the wings. Just about everything about this record is contrived and synthetic, but that won't keep it from selling.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 4/9/2002
  • Label: Sony Japan
  • EAN: 4547366003604
  • Catalog Number: 100

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Strange Relationship (5:02)
  2. 2 Insatiable (5:10)
  3. 3 Heart Attack (5:04)
  4. 4 I Miss You (5:31)
  5. 5 Creepin' Up on You (4:53)
  6. 6 Dirty (4:45)
  7. 7 Crush (1980 Me) (4:00)
  8. 8 Good Enough (6:11)
  9. 9 I Can't Ever Get Enough of You (5:16)
  10. 10 Like It or Not (6:20)
  11. 11 What You Like (5:38)
  12. 12 Spin (4:39)
  13. 13 The Heart Wants What It Wants (4:58)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Darren Hayes Primary Artist, Vocals, Background Vocals
Bruce Dukov Violin
Vernon "Ice" Black Electric Guitar
David Campbell Conductor
Larry Corbett Cello
Charles Everett Violin
Peter Kent Violin
Greg Kurstin Keyboards
John Mitchell J. Contra-alto Clarinet
Rick Nowels Acoustic Guitar
Michele Richards Violin
Bob Sanov Violin
John Wittenberg Violin
Susan Chatman Violin
Karen Elaine Bakunin Viola
Edmund Stein Violin
Suzie Katayama Cello
Bob Peterson Violin
Walter Afanasieff Bass, Drums, Keyboards
Norm Hughes Violin
Andrew Picken Viola
Eve Butler Violin
Jennifer Munday Violin
Gerry Hilera Violin
John Hayhurst Viola
Virginia Frazier Viola
Dan Smith Cello
Technical Credits
David Campbell Orchestral Arrangements
Dave Reitzas Engineer
Walter Afanasieff Arranger, Programming, Producer
Gail Marowitz Art Direction
Nick Thomas Engineer
Darren Hayes Producer, Liner Notes
Greg Bieck Vocal Engineer
Joey Muller Programming
Robert Conley Programming, Engineer, Vocal Engineer
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    savagegal69@hotmail.com thinks this is the best album since ''affirmation''

    This album is everything and more that all savage garden fans need. Even though Daniel has gone Darren keeps us alive with his new album ''spin'' his beautiful voice has expanded with grunts and groans and his songs are A+ from love ballads, sexy words and up beat dancey tunes that you will press repeat over and over again. I love the songs Strange Relationship, Insatiable, Crush, Dirty, Good Enough, Spin lets just say I love them all. Darren Hayes keep doing the things your fans love and thats singing :)

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