The follow-up to 2008's Sounds Like This, Eric Hutchinson's 2012 release, Moving Up Living Down, features more of the singer/songwriter's catchy guitar pop and R&B-influenced rock.
Hutchinson is a bell tone of a crooner with a knack for writing a catchy hook, and imbues his songs with just enough positive swagger and rhythmic grit to bring to mind a kind of contemporary take on Hall & Oates.
In that sense, he often comes off as a kind of middle ground between the folky soul of Amos Lee, the slick funk-rock of Maroon 5, and the earnest frat-pop of Jason Mraz.
To these ends, such cuts as the yearning pop number "Watching You Watch Him," the country-inflected ballad "Breakdown More," and the dancy '80s funk-influenced crowd-pleaser "Living in the Afterlife" are, much like the rest of Moving Up Living Down, smartly crafted nuggets of radio and soundtrack-ready pop/rock.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talk Is CheapMike Elizondo, Eric Hutchinson | Eric Hutchinson | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Best DaysEric Hutchinson | Eric Hutchinson | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | The BasementEric Hutchinson | Eric Hutchinson | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Watching You Watch HimEric Hutchinson | Eric Hutchinson | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Breakdown MoreEric Hutchinson | Eric Hutchinson | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | The People I KnowEric Hutchinson | Eric Hutchinson | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Living in the AfterlifeEric Hutchinson | Eric Hutchinson | Play | 04:30 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | In the First PlaceEric Hutchinson | Eric Hutchinson | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | I'm Not CoolEric Hutchinson | Eric Hutchinson | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Not There YetEric Hutchinson | Eric Hutchinson | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 39 mins | 90 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Elizondo | Additional Production, Composer, Producer |
| 2 | Adam Hawkins | Mixing |
| 3 | Eric Hutchinson | Composer, Liner Notes, Primary Artist |
| 4 | Manny Marroquin | Mixing |
| 5 | Andreas Olsson | Producer |
| 6 | Martin Terefe | Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |