| Park Bench Theories | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Jamie Scott and the Town |
| Cover: | File:ParkBenchTheoriesAlbumCover.jpg |
| Alt: | A person sitting on a bench in a park; the person is leaning forward and looking down. The name of the artist and album are written on the top of the picture, imposed over the trees. |
| Released: | 2007 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Label: | Polydor[1] |
Park Bench Theories is an album by Jamie Scott and the Town, released in 2007.[2] [3]
Scott was backed by the band Travis, minus frontman Fran Healy.[4]
AllMusic wrote that "the album's most powerful weapon is Scott himself, whose wondrous jazz-soul tones, part John Mayer, part Jeff Buckley, part Stevie Wonder, are able to elevate the occasionally bland and samey production into an engaging listen." The Guardian called the album "something of a supper-club Blood On The Tracks, being a series of diary entries about Scott's ugly bust-up with his ex-missus."[4] The Irish Independent wrote that "superb echoey piano keys, accompanied by haunting string arrangements, make 'Shadows' the album's standout track."