GET YOU BACK
MAYER HAWTHORNE
SONGWRITER: ANDREW COHEN & JACK SPLASH
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: MAN ABOUT TOWN
LABEL: VAGRANT RECORDS
GENRE: SOUL MUSIC
YEAR: 2016
Man About
Town is the fourth studio album by American musician Mayer
Hawthorne. It was released on April 8, 2016, under Vagrant Records.
Man About
Town received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic,
which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album
received an average score of 74, based on 8 reviews. Mark Deming of AllMusic said, "Man About Town doesn't boast much in the way of
radical steps forward. But it confirms the man is still very good at what he
does." Ken Capobianco of The
Boston Globe said, "Highlights album come
when the songs stretch beyond Hawthorne's solo comfort zone." Mackenzie
Herd of Exclaim! said, "There is an invigorating energy that shines through the
lyrics and tempo of this album, so although lyrics about the finer things of California living aren't necessarily profound or entirely relatable, on Man
About Town, Hawthorne's buoyant optimism for beginning anew in 2016 is utterly
contagious." Colin McGuire of PopMatters said, "Like it or not, there aren't many people who can pull
off what Mayer Hawthorne does best these days as well as Mayer Hawthorne does
it. It fills
a very real void in an increasingly crowded and grossly jaded pop music world. It
is, in essence, important work."
When
we spoke you were throwin' those words at me
I didn't understand what I did wrong
I got on a plane to Miami
And when I got back you were gone
And now all I have
Is an empty flask
'Cause I'm still attached
And I've got to find a way
To get you back
Get you back
Get you back
Get you back
I still smell your perfume on my pillow
(Chanel No. 5)
You lit up the room when the lights went out
Lord I didn't know what I was in for
(Caught me by surprise)
Hit me like an 808 from the dirty South
And now all I have
Is an empty flask
'Cause I'm still attached
And I've got to find a way
To get you back
Get you back
Get you back
Get you back