December 2008
4 posts
THE DOMINION POST - 12th December
4 stars “….. In and around the sterling original creations that make up Zodiac is a version of The Phoenix Foundation’s Going Fishing; it just might be the best cover of 2008 and, in keeping with the honesty that has allowed Saunders to craft his look, sound and feel, this is no tongue-in-cheek bid to be cool, it is simply a great interpretation of a fine song.”
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Otago Daily Times Review
Four stars (out of 5)
When Warratahs frontman Barry Saunders takes The Phoenix Foundation’s Going Fishing and reshapes it as a country ballad, he does so with the quiet confidence of a man who can trust his instincts.
And despite the ever-present lyrical pointers to a fragile ego and a questioning mind, his place as an artist of substance is only enhanced by Zodiac - yet another strong...
Do You Believe? (Dark Horizons), Track 9 on...
NZ Herald 29 Nov 2008
Rating: * * * * Saunders’ previous solo albums outside the Warratahs have always seemed to promise more than they deliver, but on this album of broad emotional reach and highly focused writing he delivers his best yet. In a couple of places he invites favourable songwriting comparisons with Paul Kelly (the standout is the taut and bitter To Roberta) but he also brings a grounded country...