Lee DeWyze switches up his game on Paranoia, his fourth album since winning American Idol in 2010.
Prior to Paranoia, DeWyze was mining a sensitive acoustic folk vein, and while he's still writing introspective tunes along those lines, the production on Paranoia is drenched in modern electronics -- the kind of digital moodiness that's commonplace in all genres in 2018.
It's a canny commercial move for DeWyze, even if the overall effect can be kind of sludgy, particularly since the entire album marches to the same deliberate tempo and he chooses to mumble instead of belt out the songs.
All of this means Paranoia can play like an album-long variation on a theme -- a move that can be a little bit dull -- but his dedication to his slow, murmuring aesthetic is, in a sense, impressive.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paranoia | Lee DeWyze | Play | 03:04 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Sink Or Swim | Lee DeWyze | Play | 02:49 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Lonely Hearts | Lee DeWyze | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | The Breakdown | Lee DeWyze | Play | 03:29 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Closer | Lee DeWyze | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Got It Right | Lee DeWyze | Play | 02:55 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Hear You Now | Lee DeWyze | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Empty House | Lee DeWyze | Play | 02:48 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Let Go | Lee DeWyze | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Carry Us Through | Lee DeWyze | Play | 02:56 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 31 mins | 72 MB | |||||
| 0 mins | 0 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee DeWyze | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 2 | Nico Grossfeld | Mastering, Mixing, 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. |