Significantly, one of Stoppard's sprightliest adaptations is " Rough Crossing, " a shaggy shipboard version of " The Play's the Thing ."
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As for hanging out at the Olympic Club, the sprightliest strip joint on a dreary stretch of the old downtown known mainly for $ 10 street hookers and easy heroin : " It makes sense they would come here, because we're a nice place for everyone, every ethnicity, " said Manager Joe Algere.
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In a Popmatters review, Nathan Wisnicki said that Palomo's " introversion is certainly apparent, and even the record s sprightliest melodies are rigidly grafted to both rhythmic thrust and hooks more anxious than comfortable . " Fitzmaurice said that the album is much more serious than " Chasms ", but " Palomo isn't always as assured in rendering the darker material . " He also said that while it wasn't exactly a breakup album, it did sound " romantic and lovesick " and uses sounds that emulate these feelings.
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Upon its release, " Selectadisc " was met with rave reviews from music critics . " The Guardian " highlighted the album's " groove-laden basslines and deep soul vocals " and dubbed it " one of the year's sprightliest releases ", while " The Observer " opined that the album's " bold, ecstatic songs draw on [ . . . ] synthetic 80s dance music [ . . . ] But don't call it a throwback : this is a thoroughly contemporary singer aiming with confidence at the charts and the clubs . " " Mojo " lauded the album as a " masterfully assured collection of joyful pop songs ", and " Mixmag " wrote that " Ronika has cherry-picked key influences to create one of 2014's most assured and fun-filled debut albums ."
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In a later assessment, George P . Upton in " The Standard Operas : their plots, their music, and their composers " ( 1910 ) judged that " Maritana " " is one of the sprightliest and brightest of all the English operas . . . . " I hear it again " . . . is one of the sweetest and most delicate songs in any of the lighter operas . . . . [ O ] ne of the most admired of all English songs [ is ] " Scenes that are the brightest " . . . . The freshness, brightness, and gracefulness of the music of this little opera, combined with the unusual interest and delicate humor of the story, have always commended it to popular admiration . " " The Victor Book of the Opera ", in 1915, called the opera " beloved for its tunefulness and its sentimental music.