Title: When your 8-year-old thinks it's dumb, you've got a problem
Product review: The Barenaked Ladies needed some pocket money for Christmas, so they assembled this mess of unmemorable material. Their "intelligent but lite" style has given way to just plain silliness, with endless repetitions of mildly catchy choruses that compel you to slap the "next" button on the CD player. All the songs are ringers for better-crafted tunes on prior albums, but most miss their mark and come out as pale imitations. My 8-year-old found these songs annoying and dumb and hates this record -- and who can argue with that.
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