Title: more of the same, only not as good
Product review: 10,000 Maniacs is one of my favorite groups of all time. When Natalie Merchant left the group, I was skeptical about either's ability to continue creating good music. I've been proven wrong in most cases -- Tigerlilly and Ophelia were both strong records. More than the sound of any particular song or the instrumentation or the vocals, the thing that ties all of the music together (and the thing that makes it good), is that it is interesting. There's a cool riff, or a cool groove, or something, in each and every one of the songs on each and every one of the albums. Motherland is another story. It's just too slow, too down, too long to earn much airtime on my cd player.
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