As with all of Colin Hay's music, American Sunshine contains largely personal songs; for example, "There's Water Over You" describes Hay's relationship with his parents.[citation needed] Unlike Going Somewhere, the tracks of American Sunshine are backed by Hay's band. This move away from minimalist, acoustic music is something Colin Hay established with his previous album, Man @ Work. However, Hay performs a great many of these tracks solo at his live appearances.
Allmusic called the album "a cheerfully mellow collection of easy rolling folk-pop", summarizing its mood by commenting that Hay "remains infatuated with what happens under the Southern Californian sun, whether it's rhapsodizing over the state itself or cherishing a flirtation with a shop girl, and it's easy to share his affections thanks to his easy, tasteful tunes."[1]Popmatters also gave a firmly positive assessment of the album, commenting that "Throughout his solo career, Hay has specialized in agreeable, comfortable pop rock in the better sense of the words, and it's safe to say he's been getting better as he goes."[2]
"Waiting for My Real Life to Begin (new recording)" [*] – 5:54
[*] Bonus Tracks (iTunes exclusive)
References
^ abErlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review: American Sunshine". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
^ abAndrew, Gilstrap (19 November 2009). "Colin Hay: American Sunshine". PopMatters. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
^. Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 17 May 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2012. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. OH CALIFORNIA
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american, sunshine, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, january. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources American Sunshine news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message American Sunshine is the tenth studio album by Scottish born Australian based singer Colin Hay released on 18 August 2009 American SunshineStudio album by Colin HayReleased18 August 2009GenreRock country rock blues rockLabelCompass Lazy EyeProducerColin HayColin Hay chronologyAre You Lookin at Me 2007 American Sunshine 2009 Gathering Mercury 2011 As with all of Colin Hay s music American Sunshine contains largely personal songs for example There s Water Over You describes Hay s relationship with his parents citation needed Unlike Going Somewhere the tracks of American Sunshine are backed by Hay s band This move away from minimalist acoustic music is something Colin Hay established with his previous album Man Work However Hay performs a great many of these tracks solo at his live appearances Reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 1 Popmatters 2 Allmusic called the album a cheerfully mellow collection of easy rolling folk pop summarizing its mood by commenting that Hay remains infatuated with what happens under the Southern Californian sun whether it s rhapsodizing over the state itself or cherishing a flirtation with a shop girl and it s easy to share his affections thanks to his easy tasteful tunes 1 Popmatters also gave a firmly positive assessment of the album commenting that Throughout his solo career Hay has specialized in agreeable comfortable pop rock in the better sense of the words and it s safe to say he s been getting better as he goes 2 Track listing EditAll songs written by Colin Hay 3 Oh California 4 02 Prison Time 4 05 There s Water Over You 3 57 I Came Into Your Store 3 17 No Time 3 02 Broken Love 3 55 I Can t Get Up Out of This Bed 3 31 The End of Wilhelmina 3 41 Baby Can I See You Tonight 4 39 Pleased to Almost Meet You 3 00 American Sunshine instrumental 4 06 Love Is Innocent new recording 2 46 Waiting for My Real Life to Begin new recording 5 54 Bonus Tracks iTunes exclusive References Edit a b Erlewine Stephen Thomas Review American Sunshine AllMusic Retrieved 20 December 2009 a b Andrew Gilstrap 19 November 2009 Colin Hay American Sunshine PopMatters Retrieved 24 January 2011 Australasian Performing Right Association APRA search engine Australasian Performing Right Association APRA Archived from the original on 17 May 2007 Retrieved 27 January 2012 Note requires user to input song title e g OH CALIFORNIA This article about a 2000s pop rock album is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title American Sunshine amp oldid 1085613963, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
