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Title: Stupid is as stupid does
Review: I bought this disc based on hearing the single "Get Higher," which is laden with catchy hooks and features some rather clever sampling of a Ronald Reagan speech. Unfortunately, the album as a whole does not live up to the standards set by this song. The disc has its undeniably catchy moments, such as "Rubber Band" and "Squeaky" (which doesn't appear to be on this amazon version of the CD), and Ryder's delivery of the lyrics has a certain charm, due mostly to Happy Mondays nostalgia, but for the most part the songs are lyrically vapid, pointless, and, well, pretty stupid. It's like an entire album of throw-away novelty songs: one may be amusing for its ability to take a dumb idea like a sex-crazed dad and extend it into an entire song, but ten of them in a row? It's more than my attention span can bear. They sound like they had fun recording it, but there's a lack of creativity and originality here that makes this a very forgettable CD.
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