Title: New album, modified lineup, can't bring it home.
Review: 10,000 Maniacs first album with new singer Mary Ramsey is listenable and promising. But as a stand-alone effort it falls short of the Maniac standard set with Natalie Merchant. All the songs have catchy intros, but instead of building and climaxing they wilt and die. Even the perky cover of Roxy Music's "More Than This" tapers off after teasing the listener for a minute or so. This new incarnation, like many of their songs, show signs of promise. The question is can Mary Ramsey learn to express herself as a singer/lyric writer a bit more deeply and sustainably.
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