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Title: Walks a delicate line
Review: There is talent here. Adam Duritz has an ear and a rhythm that few lyricists bother to develop anymore, and he sings with an intensity to match Bono of U2. Much has been made of Van Morrison's influence, but this disc belongs in a (slightly) different strain of music typefied by lesser singer-songwriters such as James Taylor and Jackson Browne. The album shares its strengths and weaknesses with those sorts: The better realized songs are highly personal and moving; the lesser ones are highly personal and self-pitying. Duritz manages to find a healthy balance between revelation and whining for most of the record, and it comes off well.
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