Title: Sorry Lloyd - not this one
Product review: Over the past couple of years I have bought 3 of Lloyd's works - Songs in a Foreign Language, The Negatives, and Antidepressant.Lloyd's clever song writing and unique vocal styling worked very successfully with the backing of the brilliant Commotions, resulting in all those hits of the 80s and beyond. I feel he took a chance with his solo works - exposing his basically weak and fragile voice for scrutiny.This shows on SIAFL where sparse accompaniment and too many poor songs don't carry the day. My Other Life was the only one that I thought worthy of the man's talent.The problem is that every song is of a very similar tempo - you long for some injection of beat and rhythm. In the end his vocal mannerisms grate, and it all becomes rather irritating. For someone new to Lloyd's music this album would make a very poor introduction.For solo Lloyd fans I recommend the gorgeous Antidepressant - it all works brilliantly on this, where SIAFL fails.
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