Confessions of St. Ace
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John Wesley Harding
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studio album
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Aug 29 2000

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  • Aug 29 2000 in United States

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Alternative Folk, Alternative Rock, Folk,
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4 stars Wes Comes Through Like a Star
With "The Confessions of St.Ace", John Wesley Harding marks his return with a power-pop record that brings back us back to his days with Sire Records.

Wes' last release, "Trad Arr Jones" was ambitious and a noble tribute to the traditional folk of Nic Jones, the longtime Wes fan missed the full arrangements and adventurous songwriting of his past albums.

"Humble Bee" kicks off the record with a piano intro and works into a full band sound. Fans of the film "High Fidelity" will remember "I'm Wron…
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1 stars No, it really is bad...
I was so impressed with "I'm Wrong About Everything" (and still am) as used in the movie "High Fidelity" that I couldn't even imagine that the rest of the album would actually be bad. Maybe the title of the only likeable song was an omen. I was wrong, and it's bad. The lyrics for every other song are corny. The music is mediocre and his drony voice begins to grate after a few songs. As for the cover and the St. Ace story on the inner sleeve... Ah, yeah... Best left filed under "John Wesley Who?"
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