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Title: What's the point?
Review: I don't ususally write reviews to put things down, figuring that if I don't like something, perhaps I just don't get it, so I should keep thoughts to myself. But this album topped so many critics lists for 2005 that I feel compelled to comment: It's just not that good. It's not that I don't get it. Yes there are a lot of clever things going on, and I've really tried to like it. But what does it all add up to? What's the point? Try as I might, I find it boring and tedious. For me it completely lacks any true soul of what music should be about and be trying to say. I realize that is a personal observation, so you may still really like this. For me, I'll stick with my own favorite of 2005, "You Could Have It So Much Better" by Franz Ferdinand. I guess I like to get my fill of clever lyrics with rocking guitars and cool dance beats rather than flute recorders and choirs.
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