Title: Welcome to musical oblivion
Product review: In recent years, Carrack has been busily whittling away all the characteristics that made him unique. He has succeeded. Now each of his songs plays as if created by a focus group of Adult Contemporary listeners. Listening to this bland soup, one would never know that Carrack is (was?) a superior keyboard player, or that he made a fine album like Suburban Voodoo. This effort reminds me of Karl Kraus' aphorism: "She lacked only a flaw to be perfect." Like a person who has all distinguishing characteristics removed by plastic surgery, Carrack no longer has rough edges, or a reason to be taken seriously as a musician. Compare his slide into oblivion with another long-time pop artist, Robert Palmer, who never stopped taking chances, and went out on a distinctively creative high with his CD "Drive"
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