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Title: short shelf life
Review: As has been pointed out ad nauseum, this record's various virtues are not readily accessible; they do bubble to the surface eventually. The problem is that its many obvious faults never disappear, and in a short while one tires of the whole thing, virtues as well as faults, baby as well as bath water. Simply put: you shouldn't have to work this hard to enjoy a product this perishable.I like little bits of lyric here and there, but not any whole songs--"The Teacher" comes closest, I suppose. I hate "That's Where I Belong". I like the "release my fists at last" line in "Quiet", but consider the rest of its lyric--as well as its music and noise--rubbish. "Darling Loraine" rambles; "Love" never quite comes together; etc.
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