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It is always a special (and quite seldom) moment when I finish to listen to a record for the first time and I instantly know this is an exceptional piece of work. Chris Price has achieved this with " Stop Talking". The record is out now - and there are 14 reasons to buy it: The opener and title track "Stop Talking" is so different and promising, it leaves you asking where this record is heading to. To clarify this: it's heading not in one direction, rather into a wide variety of genres, reminiscences to pathbreaking artists and through musical eras. While " Man Down " is 70s McCartney, Nilsson and Rhodes in its best way, " Darkness " could also fit on " Sheer Heart Attack " or " Queen II " - the song is nothing less than a mini opera and an instant classic.  " You And Me (And Everyone Else) " and " Once Was True " shine, and I bet the late Freddie Mercury or Paul McCartney would have wished they...

The second solo album of Chris Price , Stop Talking , is coming on May 19, 2017. Price is a man of many talents - producer for Emitt Rhodes and Linda Perhacs , writing with artists like Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (Jellyfish) and Taylor Locke (Rooney) or recording a complete album with an iPhone 4 (his first record Homesick ). Chris Price was joined in the studio by a variety of top musicians, including Kyle Fredrickson, Ben Lecourt, Fernando Perdomo, Joe Seiders and many others. According to Price, “ I spent the five years since my first album Homesick working on albums for two heroes of mine, Emitt Rhodes and Linda Perhacs. But I never stopped writing and recording material of my own, and both of those incredibly inspiring and fulfilling projects ended up deeply informing my work, pushing me to think harder about my lyrics, become more adventurous in my production and never take the safe route musically. Nearly 50 songs were recorded for this project, and I went through an...