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Title: Makes Silver and Gold sound like Black Sabbath
Review: Bummer.Am I the first one to point out that "No Wonder" mercilessly steals the melody from "World on a String?"Anyway, I'm doing what I did with Broken Arrow, Are You Passionate, Landing on Water, and Mirror Ball - teaching myself to like this album. Beacuse it's Neil, you know. And he's the king. And part of being a fan of Neil's is getting burned. But this is some third degree stuff here. Tepid, lifeless, by the numbers. Neil has never sounded so 'phoned in.' Auto-pilot. Take your pick from any of the rock crit cliches - this is grim.That said, aside from the production, some songs are quite nice the seventh time through.I guess it's working.
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