℗ 2014 Innovative Leisure
| Released | March 3, 2014 |
| Duration | 30m 01s |
| Record Label | Innovative Leisure |
| Catalogue No. | 12795 |
| Genre | R&B (Soul) |
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1.1
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High Tiding
Nick Waterhouse |
2:48 | |||
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1.2
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This Is a Game
Nick Waterhouse |
2:52 | |||
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1.3
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It No. 3
Nick Waterhouse |
3:03 | |||
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1.4
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Let It Come Down
Nick Waterhouse |
2:27 | |||
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1.5
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Sleepin' Pills
Nick Waterhouse |
3:11 | |||
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1.6
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Holly
Nick Waterhouse |
2:43 | |||
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1.7
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Dead Room
Nick Waterhouse |
2:49 | |||
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1.8
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Well It's Fine
Nick Waterhouse |
3:01 | |||
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1.9
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Ain't There Something That Money Can't Buy
Nick Waterhouse |
3:17 | |||
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1.10
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Hands on the Clock
Nick Waterhouse |
3:50 |
Holly embodies the struggle of his early forays. During “This Is a Game,” Waterhouse sets up a snarly, post-surf guitar solo with a succinct statement of a cynical outlook: “This is a game / Please remember my words / And don’t get upset when you don’t get what you think you deserve.” And on the gothic-soul strut “Let It Come Down,” he meditates on the inevitability of pain. “If there’s gonna be rain tonight,” he sings in a stoic croon. “Let it come down.”
It’s clear from this material that Waterhouse is in the midst of his own becoming. He isn’t the type to let ecstasy take over, like Van Morrison, or to drawl away in a consum- mately laid-back register, like Mose Allison. In the tension between his wry lyrics and crisp arrangements, you hear the expression of a worldly skeptic who’s also—when it comes to his art—a sanctified believer. Whoever it was that Nick Waterhouse wanted to be matters less now; these days, he just sounds like himself.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Innovative Leisure Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.25 -0.40 to -0.10 | -14.24 -16.75 to -12.25 | -11.72 -14.00 to -9.70 | 9 8 to 10 | |
| 1 | High Tiding | -0.20 | -14.94 | -12.7 | 10 |
| 2 | This Is a Game | -0.20 | -14.11 | -11.3 | 10 |
| 3 | It No. 3 | -0.20 | -14.31 | -11.7 | 9 |
| 4 | Let It Come Down | -0.10 | -13.42 | -10.8 | 9 |
| 5 | Sleepin' Pills | -0.30 | -12.25 | -9.7 | 8 |
| 6 | Holly | -0.20 | -13.54 | -11.1 | 9 |
| 7 | Dead Room | -0.20 | -14.28 | -11.8 | 10 |
| 8 | Well It's Fine | -0.30 | -15.39 | -13.1 | 10 |
| 9 | Ain't There Something That Money Can't Buy | -0.40 | -13.37 | -11.0 | 8 |
| 10 | Hands on the Clock | -0.40 | -16.75 | -14.0 | 10 |