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Title: They Mailed This One In
Review: Located right in the heart of this CD are two songs that epitomize the problem. They are the the throwaway song snippet "Dumb It Down" and the very dispensable instrumental "Discover A Lovelier You". The rest of the CD more or less follows a similar pattern of presenting some interesting ideas that are not fleshed-out into real songs. There are actually only three songs here that measure up to the Pernice Brothers' songwriting of their previous releases. Two of them, "Saddest Quo" and "Snow" as well as the passable lead track "There Goes The Sun" appearing as the first three cuts had me enthused that this was another stellar release. However, my disappointment quickly set in with "Sell Your Hair" which sounds like a Simon and Garfunkel B-Side and the ponderous "My So Called Celibate Life". After what I would rate as three great five-star studio releases, this one is really disappointing.
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