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"MODERN DATING TIPS" by Jensen Bell will delight!
Here is the growing list of reviews to explain why:
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**Longtime L.A. scenester Jensen Bell has released a gem of a power-pop record called Modern Dating Tips. Aided and abetted by some of Los Angeles' finest pop musicians (Robbie Rist, Drummer Jim Laspesa, keyboardist Morley Bartnoff and Muffs leader Kim Shattuck among them) Jensen offers up a concept album about a guy's (ultimately unsuccessful) quest for happiness with the opposite sex.
From the sweet opening salvo of "Askin You Out" to the lyrically resigned (yet musically cheerful) "Happening (Parting Advice)," Modern Dating Tips is a disk that gets better and better on repeated spins. The rollicking "Her City's Got A Train," the punchy duet with Shattuck on "Happy Chocolate" and the hilarious "The Swear-Off Song" are the personal picks to click, and the whole deal closes with a beautiful orchestrated ballad worthy of Brian Wilson, "Love Stained Eyes."**
--Rave On-John Borack-Amplifier Magazine-Issue 50-October'05
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Jensen Bell's long-delayed debut 'Modern Dating Tips' finally reveals him to be a major pop talent that anyone who has previously given house room to the likes of Jason Falkner, Matthew Sweet or Brendan Benson should immediately make space in their collection for.
A sideman of repute and former member of several bands whose recorded output never saw the light of day is at last setting out his own stall with 'Modern Dating Tips', with a number of other projects, both current and retrospective also in the pipeline, he's definitely going to be a name to watch.
As with the very best of their craft, the most interesting pop musicians are capable of assimilating their influences rather than slavishly imitating them, discernibly imprinting their own stamp on their material. Too few are genuinely capa
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