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Gorgeous tea-time pop record

avozone@mail.telepac.pt | Lisbon, Portugal | 01/15/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"i came across the softies a tad late on their career. being a big tiger trap fan, i decided to check out the former band members' recent solo projects. i wasn't exactly thrilled when i heard go sailor some months ago, so i sort of gave up on rose melberg... until very recently, after hearing this album.until coming across the softies, nick drake was my rainy-day soundtrack choice. therefore, i would automatically become even more bummed and melancholic. but songs like "write it down", "these sad times" and "favourite shade of blue" add a certain sweetness and, err, soft(ie)-ness to blue moments. "holiday on rhode island" proved to be the perfect record which enables the listener to hold on to that certain sensitive/nostalgic feeling that seems to linger when happy times decide to fly somewhere far away. i'm in love with this record, i just can't get it off my cd player. and to think that these beautiful sounds were produced in such a simple manner, using only two guitars + two vocals (and the occasional piano or vibes) just adds to how impressed i am by the softies. i highly recommend it (...."

Crumpet & Muse

spobbly | Wauconda, IL United States | 09/13/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"While certainly not a dramatic departure from the Softies' previous efforts, Holiday in Rhode Island is just different enough, just more-sterling enough to justify the four years since Winter Pageant. I for one will always have a clear spot in my heart for Rose Melberg's voice, not mention her underrated and substantial gifts for crafting beautiful pop songs. "Me and the Bees" is perhaps the most haunting song The Softies have done--and this is saying something. It has a resonance and subtlety that characterizes the album as a whole--and it's clearly the standout here. (Not to mention it's the first Softies song with drums). I love this stuff. What more to say? Buy copies for your friends, your friends' friends, their enemies, and their enemies' friends' friends. The world will be a better place."

Buy It!!!

James Hinckley | 09/30/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Just buy it, pop it in yer cd player and let your mind carry you off into dreamland...perfect falling asleep music!"