Title: A Disappointment
Product review: Easy-listening Radiohead for your ma&pop. Fans of the rock group will be disappointed by the album's smoothness and sameness, which bring to mind everything from Andrew Lloyd Webber to new-age muzak. Pianist Brad Mehldau brought an infinitely greater imagination, edginess, and individuality to his Radiohead transcriptions. O'Riley's are highly literal covers and leave one to wonder, what's the point of this exercise? After a few songs, his methods become predictable and the listener loses interest after all the banging and mushy note clusters that he employs song after song... All in all, this CD is a tedious listen that doesn't stand up as interesting music, whether "classical" or "pop".
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