"Crown Royal" is not only the best of the three ballads (the serviceable "American Girl" and melodic closer "Marigold" are the other two), but it may be the best song on the CD. It's the album's emotional core, eschewing traditional ballad structure for a pleading earnest reality. Vocalist Dylan St.
Clark (a rock n' roll name if there ever was one) lays it all out, singing far above the music and out of the pocket. When he belts out the lines "Even if you come crawling back on your hands/Begging me to give you a second chance," it's a perfect, spine-tingling marriage of lyrics, vocals, and music. You believe every word he sings.
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