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Title: Agreed...Possible Jumping of the Shark..
Review: First of all...I'll tell you this...Frank is my favorite musician...It took me a while warm up to his solo stuff but have grown to absolutely love his music...have especially enjoyed the alt-country direction of his last few albums. However, to me, this album is a disappointment...Soul-less and too polished (YES I understand it's essentially recorded live with little to no overdubbing!) but I stand by my point. The album is almost entirely devoid of the "Frankisms" that make his stuff so special and enduring for me... No disrespect, but I really couldn't care less about the credentials of the session musicians, the producer, or the history behind the studio that it was recorded in...I'd much rather him go back to the mobile studio with some no-names and bang out some more quirky songs...that's what makes Frank... Frank!
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