Title: A Major Disappointment
Product review: I didn't think it was possible, but they did it: the Barenaked Ladies actually made a sub-par album. This record is just weak. Don't get me wrong, there's some great songs here ["Celebrity", "War On Drugs", "Aluminum"], but most of it [particularly "Another Postcard" and 'Shopping"] is just embarrasing. I've always enjoyed the tongue-in-cheek side of BNL, but the jokes on this album are far too blatant. Rather than finding the perfect balance, BNL put too much emphasis on humor and too little on songwriting, and the songwriting is where they really shine. I tried to like this album, I really did, but it just didn't happen. I'm still spinning the first five albums non-stop; they are classics.
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