Title: Journey into Pop
Product review: Ant has attempted to enter mainstream pop with this release, with tightly written, commercially palatable tunes.This attempt often fails to succeed in various points throughout the disk, as the compositional strengths of Ant do not seem to fit the pop mold. Other times it connects, such as "Going for Broke", which sounds almost like Mike + the Mechanics, and "Love in a Hot Air Balloon." Here though, the lyrics walk a fine line between quaint and silly while the tune is quite catchy. Some of the tracks seem strained in trying to be "poppish" and are downright unlistenable, but as you are about to give up, you find some true gems, like "My Time has Come" and "Ballad of Penlee."Thus this CD is quite hard to rate, and others are like not as harsh. I'd give it 2 1/2 but I put two since I can't give 1/2's. "Wise After the Event" it ain't in terms of originality and creativity.
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