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Title: Simply Excellent
Review: These are terrific songs. They really are. Cantrell's composing and playing are absolutely top-notch. Staley's lyrics are positively mind numbing, and he sings them with conviction and a sense of dread that has pretty much not been duplicated since. I can't count the number of times that I played "Down in a Hole" at a time in my life when I also felt that "my wings had been so denied."I agree with others that one--after more than one listen--can sense a strange sense of optimism in this music. I can't put my finger on it, but this music really does accomplish its mission of performing a mental "primal scream" of sorts and has a cleansing effect that can ultimately be positive.
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