My Favourite Faded Fantasy by Damien Rice

My Favourite Faded Fantasy, Damien Rice's third album, came out in Ireland on 31 October 2014 and elsewhere days later, landing almost eight years after 9. Rice, who had once busked his way around Europe and worked on a farm in Tuscany, came back with a heavyweight in the producer's chair: Rick Rubin.

Rubin gives Rice room. The songs unfold slowly and patiently, folk at heart, and Rice sings like he's working through something private in real time, with every quiet moment given space to ache. "I Don't Want to Change You" was the one that found its way onto the countdowns.

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