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Hozier - Hozier
Hozier is the self titled debut album of Irish folk artist Hozier. Real name Andrew-Hozier Byrne he was picked up by Universal music in 2012 whilst studying Music at University. The Album was released in September 2014 with the debut single "Take Me To Church" went viral on Youtube leading to the album becoming supremely successful. The album placed number 1 on the Irish Itunes charts and number two on the national charts and incredibly the album also managed a top 10 place in the US Billboard charts.Hozier was nominated for the prestigious "Song of the Year" award at the 57th annual Grammy awards with his track "Take Me To Church". Sam Smith eventually walked away with the award for his track "Stay With Me". The award ceremony showed Hozier performing a medley of his track "Take Me To Church" along with famed Scottish artist Annie Lennox who performed Nina Simones track "I Put A Spell On You". The video as of writing has 5.2 million views on Youtube.
Hozier was met with critical acclaim. The album was described as a "Strong debut release" by AllMusic. Hozier's passionately deep soulful "whiskey-soaked" voice was also met with acclaim with critics picking up on his ability to push emotion through his lyrics with confidence whether he was near whispering such as on the track "In A Week" or whether he was preaching such as on "Take Me To Church".
The album in my personal opinion is absolute triumph. Hozier manages to mix and match between genres throughout each of his tracks, from the R&B of "Jackie and Wilson" to the blues underline on the track "Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene". Hozier's voice manages to make listeners experience a wave of emotions throughout the album and in turn has created one of the best albums of 2014 and in my opinion the decade.
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Callum
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