"Q Magazine", 100 points, "Pure and simple melody, sincere and profound lyrics, moving and graceful interpretation." Ranley Hall reawakens the inner obsession and preference for music, reminding people of the days of Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. Needless to say, this is one of the best albums of the twenty-first century. ”

"Observer", a hundred, "outstanding." 'Don Quixote' is undoubtedly outstanding. Wander quietly in the melody and you'll simply fall in love with music all over again. ”

"BBC Music", 100 points, "Hall gives music the simplest and most fiery emotions: sadness and joy, bitterness and happiness, pain and beauty in the depths of the soul." Sometimes, it's as if the music is too simple and too weak to carry the full emotion of Hall's voice, but more often than not, deep and intricate emotions are mixed in with the notes and the heart is moving. ”

The Telegraph, 100 points, "It is inconceivable that Hall is only twenty-one years old, and that many artists are still confused in their own little world at the age of thirty-one, or even fifty-one, and cannot find their way, but this twenty-one-year-old has shown a talent that is both enviable and exciting." Don't forget, there is another singer who is also just twenty-two years old this year: Adele-Adkins. ”

"The Independent", 100 points, "'Don Quixote' is a hot, wild, rebellious, rough, raw, yet intensely proud, and at the same time thunderous to smash all grievances and protests. Just like Don Quixote. ”

"Filter", a hundred points, "It's almost hard to find an album so warm, so simple, so wonderful, so intense, so pure, so moving, so pleasant, so sparkling, so memorable." Hidden behind the mask of Don Quixote, what kind of vicissitudes of soul is it? so clear, so transparent, so simple. ”

Praise! Praise! Praise! The unanimous praise is even more firm, stronger, and more crazy than "love is crazy". Like a tide of praise, it still can't vent the surging and turbulent waves in the hearts of these music critics, but "100 points" can, simple, clear, straightforward and calm, and present the most real thoughts of music critics in 1510, all full marks, without the slightest flaw, and the reputation can be called perfect!

But with so much praise, why is the news of Don Quixote still unknown? The reason is simple: all of the above-mentioned media are British professional magazines, firstly, they are professional music magazines, and secondly, they are British music magazines.

In the age of globalization, even British magazines can be read from all corners of the world online, but the question is, will anyone want to read them?

Against the backdrop of a general downturn in the global music market, the US music market is becoming more and more commercialized, with electronic, dance, pop, and hip-hop in vogue, catering to the hedonism of the fast food era, and music is becoming an assembly line product like movies.

Does the British market like electronic, does it like dance music, does it like pop? Of course, young people respond to rhythm and melody, regardless of nationality or culture. But outside of these pop music, different genres such as folk, rock, soul, jazz, blues, reggae, etc., are competing to open up in this land, not only as simple as having a place, but also often creating pop waves.

A simple example of Ed Sheeran can get a glimpse of the whole picture, the single "Top", after its release in the UK, successfully landed on the major charts, and the highest number of spots on the British pop charts was No. 3, while in the United States, it was received coldly, and it was released half a year before it entered the chart, with a maximum ranking of 16.

Of course, this is just an example, but behind the example is the essential difference between the two markets.

After the release of "Don Quixote", there was no wave in the American market, and almost no one cared about it, but the British market attracted much attention and rave reviews. Such bipolar treatment is happening in real life.

Of course, the U.S. market is not entirely backwatered. As Jay mentioned on "The Tonight Show", the independent music magazine "Mixer" took note of "Don Quixote".

The "Mixer" has always had a consistent focus on indie music, and although "Don Quixote" didn't have any kind of publicity, they noticed that the album was unexpectedly discovered two weeks after the album was released. After listening to the entire album, their professional music critic, Clyde Kaufling, was amazed.

Clyde had praised "Cleopatra" and "Ophelia" at the beginning, and this time he gave all the words of praise to Blue Rite-Hall.

"As a double-CD album, 'Don Quixote' is destined to be a difficult album to be accepted by the market, but it is precisely such a bloated album that carries the soul weight of Lanley Hall as a singer, an artist, a performer, and a dreamer. 'Don Quixote' shows the contradiction and persistence of life and dreams, but also shows the loneliness and thorns on the journey of dreams, no one knows what the end of the road is, Nirvana rebirth, or ashes?

Brave, crazy, heavy, deep, intricate. Just as everyone was cheering for '21, my best album of 2011 had just come out. It's undoubtedly one of the best albums of the 21st century, and in my personal opinion, it's even better than Norah Jones's 'Fly Away'. Is 'Don Quixote' the best? Perhaps Bob Dylan's 'love-and-theft' and Brian-Ilson's 'smile' are candidates to consider. But for me, the answer is yes. ”

100 points, Clyde did not hesitate to end the entire review with a full score, once again showing his admiration and affirmation of Lan Li.

After the "Tonight Show", Clyde's comments were dug up by netizens, and then ushered in the Internet's verbal criticism: because, he slandered the classic album of the year "21" in the minds of countless listeners, and also brought a lot of hatred to "Don Quixote", many fans have not even had time to listen to this album, they can't wait to start scolding, and Spotify's preview message area is drowned out by foul words, which is really spectacular.

In January 2011, Adele released her second studio album "21", which quickly exploded in the market after its release, and the album not only gave birth to three number one singles, "Rolling-in-the-Deep", "Someone-like-you", "Set-Fire-to-the-Rain", but also "Falling into the Abyss" It has become a phenomenal single, winning the championship for seven consecutive weeks, and has become the object of countless covers on social networks such as Facebook and YouTube.

If nothing else, the single "Falling into the Abyss" will win this year's North American single sales of the year, and the current North American sales of "21" have exceeded four million, and the album of the year title is also in sight.

Needless to say, the album "21" was the hottest album of 2011. But now, Clyde actually compares "Don Quixote" to "21"? And even more affirms "Don Quixote"......? This is an absolutely unacceptable fact for the general public.

But in reality, from the perspective of a professional music critic, this is a fact that cannot be refuted.

The overall media score of "21" is 76 points, including professional music critics in the United Kingdom and the United States, a total of 34 media outlets, and the overall score of "Don Quixote" so far is 100 points, a total of seven media scores.

Of course, "Don Quixote" is still receiving too little attention, and with the increase in media attention, it is almost impossible to maintain a perfect score. Still, it can be seen that the attitude of music critics is only two out of two out of all media reviews of "21", and now "Don Quixote" has seven.

In the eyes of music critics, "21" is indeed an excellent album, even excellent, and definitely the album with the most market potential in the 21st century, but from an artistic point of view, it is not a complete album:

First, the quality of the singles is uneven, and the three winning singles are indeed superior, secondly, the injection of popularity necessarily sacrifices artistic value, the overall emotion of the album is incoherent, and the individual emotions are too strong but incomplete, and thirdly, the depth and sincerity shown by Adele in her debut album, especially the spirituality shown in "Chasing-Pavements", gradually began to pass.

In contrast, "Don Quixote" sacrificed commercial pop elements and showed incredible artistic talent, from creation to emotion, from song to interpretation, every link was sincere and profound, and naturally it was enthusiastically sought after by music critics.

It seems that all art is like this, movies are like this, music is like this, professional critics are pursuing art, and the mainstream market is pursuing business, these are two contradictory and opposing factors.

That's why Kanye-Est's album "My-Beautiful-Dark-Tisted-Fantasy," released last year, was a hit and hit, and it cemented his place in the industry.

After the broadcast of "The Tonight Show", "Don Quixote" was instantly pushed to the forefront, and almost everyone inevitably began to discuss the album, and more importantly, to discuss Lan Li's identity as a singer, this part-time amateur singer who has released two singles and created live on the show, actually released an album. Whether it was curiosity or onlookers, the lively focus of attention gathered one after another, and even the eleventh work was caught off guard.

Could it be that this is a precursor to an explosion in sales?

However, it is not yet known whether sales will usher in a high tide, but it is certain that the attention of the media has gathered, and the number of reviews of the "Don Quixote" album has gradually begun to increase, and in just 72 hours, the number of professional music reviews has soared from seven to 29, more than fourfold.

The publicity effect is immediate.