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gave the album 4 out of 5 describing the album as "a compilation of ex-Sports frontman
Stephen Cummings' somber solo work, highlighted by the melancholy 'I Fell from a Great Height', "Slowly Going to Pieces" and "When Love Comes Back to Haunt You."
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786:This Wonderful Life
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717:. LoveTown
670:References
646:Australia
641:Catalogue
413:"You Jane"
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691:AllMusic
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