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Rumer - Boys Don't Cry

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Boys Don't Cry


Rumer's sophomore effort, 2012's Boys Don't Cry, is a retro soft rock covers album that finds the vocalist tackling tracks by various male artists of the 1970s. As with her acclaimed 2010 debut, Seasons of My Soul, Boys Don't Cry showcases Rumer's sweetly soulful vocal style, perfectly suited to this material and recalling soft pop icon Karen Carpenter without coming off as a copycat. Rumer's voice is framed by sparkling piano, cinematic bits of strings, rounded horn parts, and even the occasional twangy pedal steel guitar or poignant harmonica line. Kudos to Rumer for not just covering the most famous cuts from the best-known '70s artists, but also including such comparatively unfamiliar nu...

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