Adrian Marcel – Take Your Time

“I’ll be honest: only the chorus really works here.”

Tom: Sometimes we talk about songs where everything works; this is not one of those. So in advance, I’ll warn you.

Tim: Okay…

Tom: The verses are a little awkward. The lyrics are all entitled-dude-hitting-on-woman. I’m not sure that the speaking-into-singing shtick works. The middle eight is uninspired. The ending is unfulfilling.

Tim: You’re really not selling this to me well, you know.

Tom: I’ll be honest: only the chorus really works here.

Tim: Ohhh…

Tom: But bloody hell, what a chorus.

Tim: Yes indeed – a lovely surprise, an enormous amount of lipstick on that particular pig.