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Up Front & Down Low | 
| Artist: Teddy Thompson
Label: Universal Classics
Category: Music
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 6414
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 46
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 000890802
UPC: 602517329997
EAN: 0602517329997
ASIN: B000QXDCI8
Release Date: October 22, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Change Of Heart | | • | Touching Home | | • | Walking The Floor Over You | | • | (From Now On All My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers | | • | I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone | | • | My Heart Echoes | | • | The Worst Is Yet To Come | | • | My Blue Tears | | • | Down Low | | • | You Finally Said Something Good (When You Said Goodbye) | | • | She Thinks I Still Care | | • | Let's Think About Living | | • | Don't Ask Me To Be Friends |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 why? September 3, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just too mainstream, there are far more interesting things going on in the undergrowth - for a comparison I recommend Nick Worrall. His album is FREE to download as well.
Good, but not great January 2, 2008
I loved Teddy Thompson's first two albums, and I'm a great fan of his dad, Richard.
I was a bit surprised to hear that he was delivering a series of country "covers". After all, it didn't really work for Van Morrrison. However, I thought I'd give him the benefit of the doubt. His voice is sublime, as ever, and works well for his choices.
I prefer him to do his own stuff, but this will do nicely for now. Good music for riding the range to.
A natural progression from the Brokeback Mountain ST December 20, 2007
Both Teddy and his buddy Rufus Wainwright contributed to the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack on which their duet of King of the Road was substituted for the Roger Miller original used in the film. (I heard them both sing the same duet last night in concert.) The ST had an obvious Western twang, and many noticed that Teddy more than rose to the occasion. So, Up Front and Low Down is a more natural progression for Teddy than one might think. In fact, in concert he now revisits songs from his earlier albums with a Western lilt. His one original song on the album stacks up well with the classics he selected, and using Nick Drake's arranger for the string parts was a stroke of genius. I'm deducting one star because of the relative lack of original material
 He Can Do No Wrong December 18, 2007
Like everyone else that's reviewed this cd before me i was a bit shocked when Teddy decided to cover mainly old country songs, and only putting one of his own songs on the cd, i had thought it couldn't be as good as his last couple of cds, but man was i wrong!
Actually the exact same has happened with this cd (for me) as the last.
I bought "Separate Ways" not even knowing who Teddy was, and after, at the most 2 days, fell in love with it; I couldn't believe it when it happened again.
I have got to say that Teddy has one hell of an ear for good melodies and songs.
Fair enough every song (bar one) is a cover of old country songs, but the way Teddy has played and arranged the songs themselves has made them completely his own.
I've spent the last, maybe 15 mins, trying to think of a worthy adjective to explain to anyone who reads this review just how good the cd actually is - but you know what? i simply couldn't! Absolutely brilliant will have to do for now.
I was also going to say to stay away if you don't like country songs (and by that i mean old, traditional country songs) but because of the way Teddy has arranged the songs there is something in this cd for everyone - literally.
In my book Teddy can do no wrong and i know now that i will, without a shadow of a doubt follow this guy for as long as he is recording music!!
When you buy this cd i can guarantee you that you will fall in love with it! Definitely one of the best albums of the year!
Yet another brilliant cd by Teddy!!!
A truly wonderful talent December 9, 2007
He can do no wrong. Teddy Thompson's `Separate Ways' was in my top five albums of 2006 and here he is again at the end of 2007. This time, amazingly, with an album of old country and western standards which he sings with a maturity well beyond his years. A truly wonderful talent.
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