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Title: A Good Guilty Pleasure
Review: I've kept this cd floating around since 1995 seemingly unable to break the spell it weaves. It's not especially deep nor excpetional mind you. And Jamie Walter's vocals may lack particular distinction compared to others. But...there's an atmosphere of smoky melancholy that permeates at times that enchants as well as an earnesty that lesser peers lack. Jamie Walters serves as an example of what well made mainstream straightforward pop & bluesy inflected rock can be about. It's a good listen overall. Standouts are the haunting "The Distance", the catchy "Comfort Of Strangers", the spirited balladry of "Hold On", and the not overwrought closer "Perfect World".The other tracks serve as a nice counterweight and exercises in a more rolicking manner of rock overall. One of the better mainstream pop records of the mid-1990's.
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