Title: Try Before You Buy
Review: I had never heard of the Stereophonics before Live8 but was taken by the song "Dakota". Regrettably, I raced out and bought the album without listening to the rest of it first. I am not saying this is necessarily bad music but, if you are expecting to hear an album full of songs similar to Dakota, you will be disappointed. The album obviously appeals to some but I found it monotonous and lacking variety in sound and song style. The sound has a hardness to it and seems under-engineeered with louder passages becoming a matter of volume over quality. You may love it but go and listen to the whole album first. In retrospect, I should just have bought the single of Dakota.
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