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DAMIEN RICE - 9, album released UK November 27th 2006.
Encoded 192Kbps [Lame] mp3. Covers included.

9 is the extraordinary follow-up to young Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice's critically acclaimed 2002 
debut album O-which sold more than 2 million copies worldwide, including more than one million in the U.K.

Not quite as endearing as his raw and seductive 2002 debut, O, the second full-length album by 
Irish troubadour Damien Rice finds him taking a more slapdash approach to his lyrics and arrangements 
with balmy tracks like Rootless Tree, Coconut Skins, and Me, My Yoke, and I seemingly made up and recorded 
on the spot. 
Strange then that it took so long for 9 to actually arrive, with just a handful of odd collaborations 
[Tori Amos, Herbie Hancock] and one promising benefit single [Unplayed Piano] to hold fans over during 
the four-year delay. 
Nothing here quite achieves the lush poetry on display there, although Rice and his singing 
companion Lisa Hannigan come close with the creepy opening track 9 Crimes and the damaged 
whisper-to-a-scream ballad, Elephant.

The album ends with 16 minutes of a Tibetan singing bowl being played; an instrument with alleged healing powers.

Tracks:
01  9 Crimes
02  The Animals Were Gone
03  Elephant
04  Rootless Tree
05  Dogs
06  Coconut Skins
07  Me My Yoke And I
08  Grey Room
09  Accidental Babies
10  Sleep Dont Weep