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Title: Suckered by the reviews
Review: Lester Bangs' essay on "Astral Weeks" is one of the greatest pieces of writing (music criticism or otherwise) I've read, and of course after reading it I had to hear the album. Other critics have similarly gushed its praises, as many of the reviewers have here.Every year I read that essay and return to Astral Weeks to hear what I *must* be missing. And the answer is always the same: beats me. This makes pleasant background music, but every nice hooky moment is offset by the overall meandering sprawl. In any event, I know that you're going to have to hear this thing - maybe on my deathbed it's virtues will come to me as an epiphany.
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