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Title: Not a horrible album, but not up to Crows' calibur
Review: Hard Candy is sweet enough for some, but will leave a bad aftertaste for many. I'm not suggesting you not buy it - I'll still buy their next one - just know what you're getting into. This album finds the band exploring just about every sound except the one that it's good at, and Adam singing his same melodies, just changing the emphasis from song to song. If this were anyone else, it would just be an average album, but coming from CC it's dissapointing. A lot of bands have trouble growing and staying commercially viable at the same time, and I think CC has thus far accomplished this with a creative juice that has consistently blown me away. However, Hard Candy seems like a project that was phoned in. It's the sound of a band no longer deeply in touch with its music, but rather bored by it.
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