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Title: Overproduced Digital Instrumentation
Review: I keep pulling this cd off the shelf every Christmas thinking "Lettermen harmony, yeah". I end up getting turned off by each tunes intro. Every song is dominated by midi drums & orchestration that overshadows the simple beauty of what the Lettermen do. "The First Noel" given a digitally rendered "Summer Place" backing track?!, puh-lease!! If the album could be remixed with at least a couple of a capella tunes, or simple (read analog!) piano or guitar accompanyment, it might be palatable. As is, it's a demo of the programming abilities of the producer, the Lettermen contribution seems an afterthought.
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