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Title: Hard Candy is Sweet
Review: It appears to be somewhat silly and futile to await another album by this group which would match the power, the grandeur, or the dramatic impact of their first, "August and Everthing After" of nearly a decade ago. Instead, we choose to take pleasure in another splendid work by one of America's finest bands. By maintaining those same influences that they have had from their inception--Van Morrison, Springsteen, The Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Burt Bacharach-- Counting Crows exhibit a measure of consistency that few rock ensembles do. And while Crow #1, Adam Duritz can be accused of occasionally being whiney, pretentious, and/or irritatingly self-conscious, we think this cd once again proves him to be a superb songwriter and one of the most emotive singers in rock today.
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