Hopetown (album)

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Hopetown
Cover for Hopetown, Dave Dobbyn.jpeg
Studio album by
Dave Dobbyn
ReleasedAugust 7, 2000 (NZ).
GenreRock
Length43:42
LabelSony BMG
ProducerIan Morris
Dave Dobbyn chronology
Overnight Success
(1999) 		Hopetown
(2000) 		Together in Concert: Live
(Tim Finn, Bic Runga & Dave Dobbyn)
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars [1]
NZ Herald4/5 stars [2]

Hopetown is a 2000 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn. It reached number 9 on the New Zealand music charts.[3] The album was produced by fellow Th' Dudes member Ian Morris.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Dave Dobbyn.

No.TitleLength
1."Just Add Water"3:50
2."Alive on Arrival"4:31
3."Feel Someone Else's Pain"3:12
4."A Bridge on Fire"4:06
5."Name of Love"2:58
6."Angels"2:49
7."Background Love"2:24
8."I Am I Am"4:54
9."She Rocks"3:28
10."My Kinda People"5:15
11."Hopetoun Bridge"4:22
12."Kingdom Come"4:30
13."Love Like the Moon"3:37

Critical reception[]

The album received a favourable reception, with reviewers praising the optimistic and carefree nature of the album.[2] "Just Add Water" was noted as being quirkily reminiscent of Dobbyn's 1986 hit single "Slice of Heaven".

References[]

  1. ^ [Hopetown at AllMusic
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Baillie, Russell (5 August 2000). "Dave Dobbyn: Hopetown". NZ Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Hopetown". charts.nz. Retrieved 24 October 2012.

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