Hopetown (album)

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Hopetown
Studio album by Dave Dobbyn
Released 2000
Genre Rock
Length 43:42
Label Sony BMG
Producer Ian Morris
Dave Dobbyn chronology

Overnight Success
(1999)
Hopetown
(2000)
Together in Concert: Live
(Tim Finn, Bic Runga & Dave Dobbyn)
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
NZ Herald [2]

Hopetown is a 2000 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn. It reached number 9 on the New Zealand music charts.[3] The album was produced by fellow Th' Dudes member Ian Morris.[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dave Dobbyn. 
No. Title Length
1. "Just Add Water"   3:50
2. "Alive on Arrival"   4:31
3. "Feel Someone Else's Pain"   3:12
4. "A Bridge on Fire"   4:06
5. "Name of Love"   2:58
6. "Angels"   2:49
7. "Background Love"   2:24
8. "I Am I Am"   4:54
9. "She Rocks"   3:28
10. "My Kinda People"   5:15
11. "Hopetoun Bridge"   4:22
12. "Kingdom Come"   4:30
13. "Love Like the Moon"   3:37

Critical reception

The album received a favourable reception, with reviewers praising the optimistic and carefree nature of the album.[2] "Just Add Water" was noted as being quirkily reminscent of Dobbyn's 1986 hit single "Slice of Heaven".[4]

References

  1. [Hopetown (album) at AllMusic
  2. 2.0 2.1 Baillie, Russell. "Dave Dobbyn: Hopetown". NZ Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2012. 
  3. "Hopetown". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 24 October 2012. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Hopetown". Smoke CDs. Retrieved 24 October 2012. 

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