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Murphy's Heart

Thea Gilmore

Murphy's Heart

11th collection of folk rock songs from the Oxford singer-songwriter

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6.7

Label
Fullfill
UK Release date
30/08/2010
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  1. 8.0 |   The Independent

    Few songwriters are blessed with Thea Gilmore's ability to coin the kind of memorable couplets that crystallise characters in a well-chosen phrase
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  2. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Whether it's her best is moot: it's certainly the most Radio 2 friendly
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  3. 8.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Sit up and take notice of one of our finest songwriting talents
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  4. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    It might not be her finest work, but the uninitiated could do worse than use Murphy's Heart as an introduction into one of our most intriguingly prolific "best kept secrets"
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  5. 6.0 |   Subba Cultcha

    The songs drift by in a très-tasteful reverie and for all the obvious care in the writing they leave no lasting impression
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  6. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  8. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

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