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Title: Greatly Disappointing
Review: Given that I only have one other album by Ben Folds -- Whatever and Ever Amen -- I can't write a review as someone that is all-knowing about this group. The best explanation that I have for rating Reinhold so low is that I see is as an incredible drop-off from Whatever. Whatever is melodic, flowing, somewhat raw, and if you have ever been in love, can be incredibly intense. Reinhold is disjointed, quirky in a bad way (I consider, say, Beck, to be quirky in a GOOD way), and overproduced. I don't know what else to say. That being said, this is only MY humble opinion, and I am definately comparing this album to one a hold a high affinity for. If I heard Reinhold without ever hearing anything else by Ben Folds, I might even rate it three stars. Either way, this guy is gifted as hell, so don't take my word as Final.
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