Title: Oh.... My.... God...
Product review: This CD is beyond words. It is so different from their previous efforts. Tomorrow the Green Grass is the Jayhawks' finest hour of their first stage (5 stars), and this is their finest hour of stage two (also 5 stars). The first couple of songs are more musically accessible than the last half, but that is the great thing. They start swerving around during the second half (perfectly exemplified by 16 Down). The lyrical undercurrent of the album is so, so (to ape a Replacements' line) sadly beautiful. The lyrics speak to the underachiever in us all about the pain & loss the band has experienced; or at least felt like it has experienced. "Trouble" makes me want to cry & hug the band. "Man Who Loved Life" & "Big Star" talk of continuing on when no one really cares. Fitting songs all, from a band who has survived against the expectations of everyone to make a landmark album.
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