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Title: Cashing in on neo-swing
Review: After listening to 'Zoot Suit Riot' on the radio, I bought this and two other Cherry Poppin Daddies CD's, wanting to support any neo-swing band. Unfortunately, the CPD was nothing like I had hoped for. First of all, 'Zoot Suit Riot' is a great song, but the rest of the album sounds nothing like it. As you go through the album, you can hear how the lead singer changed his voice for ZSR to get that jazzy sound. His real voice, heard in most of the other tracks, is squeaky, and quite annoying, to me. You might be interested to find out that the CPD were originally a ska-type band, but with the lead singer's voice, not a great one. Those who've listened to older swing will be very disappointed with this album, it's like a tourist's version of the music. It sounds like a bunch of guys just trying to sound like a swing band, but they just don't have it. Get the ZSR single instead, and most of all, don't waste your money buying their former albums--it's not neo swing.
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