Title: Meandering, Mediocre Pap!
Product review: After reading all of these GLOWING reviews I bought this disc. What a mistake. The magic everyone promised Matthew delivers on this disc is missing...No hooks. Notes hammer redundantly, insisting that THIS IS melody, simply by nature of repetition. The upside down and backwards packaging ("in reverse," get it? any idiot would...) is annoying. Is this another case of all packaging and no substance? You bet.Vapid, vacuous lyrics wrapped in 2-dimensional production. There are a few clever sounds utilized and some amazing talents on board, but these just can't salvage the mediocrity of the songwriting. All of the comparisons to Brian Wilson's and Phil Spector's production values are lost on me. Musta missed 'em in the self-indulgent, meandering drone of this melody-less mistake.Very disappointing. Thanks to the misleading reviews gushing the virtues of this abortive effort, I wasted my money. This is frisbee material.
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
