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Title: Good songs, so-so production
Review: I think most of the songwriting on this album is on par with their (or really his) earlier albums. The production is rather glossy in a From Langley Park kind of way and that is alright with me. The real problem is that most instruments (perhaps even all) comes from samplers and such in Paddy's home studio. You can here when guitars, strings and drums are programmed rather than played and I feel that the album would had been a lot better if recorded with musicians. If you don't listen too close to the sounds, it's still very good music.
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