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Title: Sub-par Hitchcock
Review: I feel that this is Robyn's weakest CD in years. There are a couple of good songs (like Television) but most of the CD is very unpolished. It almost sounds like Hitchcock had a recording session set up and had to very quickly bang out a few songs. So we are treated to some rehashed roots and blues structured songs with some psychodelic window dressing. Hitchcock's lyrics can be very quirky but I've never found them to sound forced. Here they sound very forced to me. I also wish he would leave the Dylan covers for whatever private parties he might be playing at. He does a very straight version of a Dylan song on this CD which of course begs for a comparison. Hitchcock's version does not compare well. If you are a Hitchcock fanatic buy this cd, for the casual listener there are better choices.
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