Gary Jules
Trading Snake Oil For Wolftickets
Release Date: Mar 23, 2004
Genre(s): Rock, Adult Alternative, Singer-Songwriter
Record label: Universal
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Album Review: Trading Snake Oil For Wolftickets by Gary Jules
Mediocre, Based on 1 Critic
The Guardian - 40
Based on rating 2/5
Based on rating 2/5
Last week, Gary Jules's Christmas number one, Mad World, was officially the most ubiquitous record on British radio. According to music industry website Record of the Day, the cumulative audience of all the stations that played it was 84.2 million. A staggering figure, indicating a genuine phenomenon. At a time when singles scuttle in and out of the public consciousness in a fortnight, here is a song that appears to have been hanging around for months.