Title: The BEST Jayhawks album!
Product review: "Hollywood Town Hall" is an awesome album, no question about it. It's a classic, almost flawless effort that sounded familiar the first time I hear it and which doesn't stray from its core genre. "Sound of Lies", on the other hand, is a much more complex, diverse, challenging and nuanced album that keeps growing more and more interesting with repeated listenings. For me, one hallmark of a great album is how many songs can be your favorite over time. With "Sound of Lies", that's about half of the album. I just don't get tired of listening to this one. The songwriting, the singing, the musicianship, everything is first-rate and it all fits together. Having seen the Jayhawks in concert last year, I should add too that Gary Louris is a phenomenal and vastly underrated guitar player. This is definitely one of my "desert island" albums.
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