When BKP sent this over he thought it was a collection of sorts (can't truly say "hits"), which would have made sense since it was hot on the heels (one year to the day!) of the previous album, but it was all new material. Help me out here and click this link back to that post for the history.
Thank you! So without further ado...
I'm finding that most reviews are exceptionally positive, yet I'm afraid I'm going to have to pee on the corn flakes. The album opens on a serious high note...
...and there you have the only Grade A track of the record's thirteen. Hmmm, let's stick with that scoring system. There are five "B"/good songs, three average/"C", three more at a D (these are the ones of the elementary-level lyrics which had me screaming at my recorder that I'd be happy to help upgrade to at least a teenager's ability), and one F (fart/turd/etc.) that was so consistently flat it amazes me that it escaped edit/re-record/delete. Had the seven average-and-under tracks been instrumental, they would have been keepers. Nothing wrong with the music/playing. Wifey is listed as a co-writer on every track, and I am begging you, young man, to grow a pair and keep the pen out of her hand! Let her turn a knob or something (great, now I've gone and pissed off producer extraordinaire Mike Varney).
So on a 4.0 grading level, this gets a 2.15. That won't grant you entry into the Mad Rocker University of Music...
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