The opening track leaves little doubt as to what is in store: "Tune In" is a brief, cut-and-paste collage of hits and near-hits from Duffy's previous incarnations--as New Romantic popette Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy, as lead singer of The Lilac Time and as the wilfully diverse solo artist Duffy--made to sound like a radio being flicked between stations. What follows on I Love My Friends is pretty much Duffy telling his own life story in song. What could have come across as a monumental self-indulgence is redeemed by a combination of Duffy's frequently miraculous way with a pop tune and a streak of self-deprecation a mile wide: the self-explanatory 17" begins "I was born in Birmingham but soon I would escape / With education incomplete and two songs on a tape." From that point on, Duffy dissects his life, with particular reference to the relationships that have punctuated it, with the somewhat bemused air of a man who has found a bunch of old letters in an ex-lover's cupboard. --Andrew Mueller
Track Listing
Tune In Eucharist 17 Lovers Beware You Are Deal She Belongs To All Autopsy What If I Fell In Love With You Something Good Twenty Three Postcard One Day One Of These Fucks Will Change Your Life Mao Badge In The Evening Of Her Day Barbarellas House Of Flowers Comedown Hey Kat Holding Hands With Grace
