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Title: Save Your Money-A Failed Experiment
Review: All hail John Mayall, but no one's perfect.This album demonstrates the truth of that cliche.I bought this record blind in high school because I knew of Mayall's reputation and I stupidly didn't want to have the same Mayall albums all my friends had. The title of this album is accurate-Mayall is recalling his youth from middle age.A good deal of his youth appears to have been spent masturbating and fantasizing about sex.That's inescapable-the lyrics of "Wish I Knew a Woman" frankly describe an adolescent Mayall"jacking off pretending I'm the lover of them all"as he stares at the pinups hanging on his walls.The tunes are flat and the songs simply don't swing.This isn't rock and it fails as blues. Sorry I can't find a way to sugarcoat this, but the album stinks.I'm sure Mayall would be the first to admit that in his career he's put out some duds.This album doesn't come off at all.Grab "Bluesbreakers" or one of his other classics instead.
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