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Title: Clone Go Home!
Review: Let me preface my remarks with I am 58 years old (a year older than Leo Kottke) and have been listening to Kottke for 30 years.I just received "Clone" from amazon.com a few days ago. I'm really disappointed. I can't give it but 2 stars since there's no way to give 2-1/2 that I can see. There are far too many vocals: eight of fourteen cuts are vocals. Seven of the eight are either inane or insane! Neither Kottke nor Gordon can sing worth a damn. I have always thought that Leo's self-description of his voice as sounding "...like geese farts on a muggy day..." was actually quite charitable. The six instrumentals range from mediocre to pretty good, though nothing earth-shaking. I hear bits and pieces of older stuff. I liked the album photos. For one thing, they show Leo as starting to show his age rather than a perpetual 28-year-old. Maybe having his birthday on September 11th might have something to do with this. I wish Leo would just Shut Up And Play!
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