''Amber and Green'' is an album by David Hopkins, released in 2005. It was self produced. All songs were written by David Hopkins. Strings and synths were arranged by David Hopkins. The title track reached the Irish Top 40 chart.

Film and television

* "Amber & Green" was featured in the 2005 film '' National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj'' starring

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. * "You've Got to Suffer" and "Then There's None" were featured in the 2008 film ''

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alongside three other Hopkins tracks. * "Scared Rabbit", "Then There's None" and "British Boys" were featured in the 2006 film ''

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. * "One Dark Morning" and "Then There's None" were featured on MTV's '' Real World Austin'' in episode's no. 9 and 15 (2005). * "Somebody's Gonna Lose Somebody" was performed live on

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Critical reception

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'' gave the record 4.5/5 stars, calling it "Intimate, Intelligent, Intoxicating...". They also made the title track the "Single of the Issue".

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was more critical and only gave the album 3/5 stars, but said "Not even a soon-to-expire walkman can take away from some of the moments on Hopkins' full length debut". ''

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'' said "In its jauntier moments the album recalls

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'' gave it 4/5, with the latter lauding Hopkins by stating "we can see that behind the hype there was always a rock-solid talent" and the former calling it "both reassuringly familiar and consistently surprising". ''The Irish Times'' also called the title track single and b-sides "charming, folksy ditties that should appeal to Damien Rice and Nick Drake fans. He definitely shouldn't wait another 15 years for the next one" (3/5).

Track listing

# "You're Some Kind of Christian" – 3:47 # "Amber & Green" – 4:21 # "British Boys" – 4:12 # "Then There's None" – 3:06 # "You've Got to Suffer" – 3:14 # "Somebody's Gonna Lose Somebody" – 4:15 # "Scared Rabbit" – 3:00 # "Jackson" – 3:43 # "Ginger Hair" – 4:28 # "One Dark Morning" – 3:50 # "My Time is Running Out" – 5:03 # "I Can't Speak Your Name" – 3:17 # "The End" – 0:46

References

External links

David Hopkins official site
2005 albums David Hopkins (musician) albums {{2000s-folk-rock-album-stub