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Title: Improvement on their debut CD
Review: As a more than respectable follow-up to their 1999 debut CD "Metasexual", Canada's Joydrop gave us "Viberate" in 2001. This CD is better written, is more melodically interesting, and has some definite stand-out tracks, especially "Thick Skin" and "Swan Song". A very interesting feature of this band is that all 4 members are songwriters. Singer Tara Sloane contributes one song ("American Dreamgirl"), but the rest are divided pretty much equally among the guitarist, bassist, and drummer. The only other band I can think of right now that shares songwriting credits so evenly is The Bears, an outfit that Adrian Belew co-founded back in the mid-1980's.I bought "Viberate" during the period I was waiting for "Metasexual" to come in the mail. "Metasexual" was the CD that came so highly recommended to me, but "Viberate" ended up being far more satisfying.Highly recommended.
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