Title: Can I get my money back?
Product review: After all the good reviews, I expected great things from this album, which made my disappointment all the worse. Sorry, but this is a complete failure in every way. The arrangements are static or plodding, and the use of traditional percussion (handclaps, for cryin' out loud!) only heightens the feeling that you're listening to a high school band that can keep a tune. I know they thought they were bridging the old and the new, but they've only succeeded in dragging down the exciting into the mundane. Even as a goof, it's just no fun. For the real thing, I strongly urge everyone to check out Empire Brass' PASSAGES, which, while a bit different, successfully achieves the artistic aims this album so completely fails to.
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