Title: Running out of steam...
Product review: I'm a little surprised by all the positive reviews here. I've been listening to all of the Doobie Brothers excellent older releases and this one sounds so watered down in comparison. Another reviewer said they were ready to break up after completing this album, and you can see why. Although "What a Fool Believes" is a masterpiece, nothing else here comes close. McDonald's songs on Takin' It To The Streets and Livin' On The Fault Line were so much more inspired (see There's A Light, Losin' End, Nothin' But A Heartache) and the collaborations sounded so much more inspired. He sounds bored here, as does everyone else. The drums sound so flat and what little guitars there are, too restrained. It's "Doobies Lite," the aural equivalent of Light Beer. So sad...
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