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Title: Great if he could sing on-key
Review: Dougie has a pleasant voice and writes pretty, heartfelt songs. Unfortunately, on virtually every song I've heard by him, he goes flat on the last note of almost every line. If you have heard only one or two of his songs and are here to sample the rest of his catalog, this is a warning: if listening to someone go flat over and over and over again during an otherwise listenable tune makes you grit your teeth, then stay away from Dougie's live or studio albums. If, on the other hand, you can overlook the occasionally off-key singing, go for it. Natalie Merchant has plenty of fans too that put up with her lazy vocal stylings; Dougie MacLean, as a national treasure of Scotland, deserves to be at least as successful as she is. I just wish they could carry a tune.
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