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Title: The band is dead
Review: Blues Traveler has put out phenomenal albums (the first one, and Straight on till Morning) and rather poor ones (Travelers and Thieves...) but this one is the all time low. The piano isn't adding anything the band would need, it always seems out of place. Tad's bass playing is just fooling around really - he sounds different on every track but never ok. John's lyrics were so different once - now we're down to "Will you catch me if I fall" and similar platitudes. In the musical context of all this, worst of all, even the harp sounds like it's own cliche... Too bad it's over, but the prevailing thought is: I am grateful for all the incredible music these guys have given me over the years.
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