Take It All Away

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Common Sense Media says

Cabrera makes these drippy love songs work.
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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that it's kind of refreshing to hear this much "can't live without you" breathlessness from a guy, but it still gets tedious after a while.

  • Refreshing to hear a guy left breathless by love -- also somewhat tedious.
  • He's a lover, not a fighter.
  • A bit of innuendo on "Let's Take Our Time" -- the rest is just romantic mush.

What's the story?

Sometimes known as Ashlee Simpson's ex-boyfriend, Ryan Cabrera is also a Texas-born high-school dropout with the potential to become an excellent singer/songwriter/journeyman musician if he can only keep his focus. A darn good singer and guitarist, he attacks his material with passion and sincerity as well as genuine talent. It's the actual material that's the problem on TAKE IT ALL AWAY. Love-song lyrics cover the same tedious ground with little originality or poetry. (He whines that he has trouble breathing on four different tracks, for one example, and falls back on so many other lovesick clichés that the lyric book almost reads like a parody.)


Is it any good?

 

Despite the somewhat tedious love song monotony, there's enough energy and talent here to carry the day. A charismatic and agile singer and fine guitarist, Cabrera makes it work, somehow, on one drippy song after another. Honing his songwriting skills -- or performing great material written by others -- could make a crucial difference in his future.


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What families can talk about

Families can talk about keeping a sense of yourself, even if you are in a relationship. How much more interesting life can be when you have a hobby or do volunteer work or something.


This review was written by Kathi Kamen Goldmark
Teen, 18 years old
April 9, 2008
 

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
ryan cabrera's music is awesome!!!
i definetly recomend this cd to everyone,its awesome,espicially "TRUE" and "40 KINDS OF SADNESS"

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Teen, 18 years old
April 9, 2008
 
Ahhhhhhhhhhh! It's scary! He talks about falling off a building!

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This review was written by Kathi Kamen Goldmark
Artist:Ryan Cabrera
Release date:August 17, 2004
Label:Atlantic
Genre:Pop
Parental advisory:No

This review was written by Kathi Kamen Goldmark
 

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