1/ I listened to the CD three times before commenting. Then I listened to it another three times. That demonstrated a lot of patience on my part considering the quality of said CD. I stand by my original assessment. It is an unformed, tired, listless, unfocused affair.

1./ Actually, I listened to the entire CD three times before coming to the conclusion that it sucked granny tits. After listening to it another three times I decided that my original estimation of the material stands: it is an unformed, tired, inaccessible, listless piece of work.

Somewhere, Emmylou Harris is smiling.
Wow. I am just majorly crushing on this. Murder in My Mind and Jack O'Diamonds are standouts - great songwriting. Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham should pay attention to this, although I think it might be too late for them to every be this disarming. Simplicity has its…

This would make a great soundtrack for a horror film.
Especially (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am. I imagine an entire family of corpses propped up around a dining room table laden with rotting food.

Booooooring
Unformed, shapeless, dull, tired. Totally sleep inducing. The one time I thought something was actually going to happen, she cuts herself off and proclaims it unworthy. If Macy Gray's career got lost in a cloud of magic smoke, then Badu's has been encased in a shroud of unearned recognition. She's…

Remember Eye to Eye (Nice Girls) as produced by Steely Dan's Gary Katz? That is what this reminds me of… That said, maybe volume two could be a collection of Steely Dan songs. This is a nice collection - a little obvious. Why is cover albums almost always contain the most obvious of choices? They really should…

I'm thinking this marks the beginning of their Tom-Petty-Falling-Asleep-At-The-Wheel period. Nice stuff, if a bit unremarkable. Neil Young and Emmy Lou appreciate the homages, I'm sure. Birthday Boy is good. Eyes Like Glue is nice, too. But overall… Eh. Lacks fire power. Tasty KFC stuff, though… Capricorn…

Interesting snippets of ideas that never come to fruition. A frustrating listen. There are some moments that work very well - and could have used a little broadening, while others stay well after their welcome. Faceless. An exercise in musical proclivities without the courtesy of accessibility.

I agree. The review is a bit harsh. An insistance on adherence to one's expectations indicates lack of an open mind. I love this CD. I think it is the best Crowded House CD ever. I never cared for the Shins (they frequently forget to breathe), but this is great beatle-esque pop (and I really dislike the…

This CD is more fun than swimming in a sea of lemon juice with a body full of paper cuts. I like it. A lot. But something in the back of my haunted head keeps telling me it is all a little to calculatedly weird to be truly inspired or inspirational.

"literary allusions for the sake of literary allusions, and as far as I can tell, they don't really convey any real understanding of what they're talking about" - nail hit - on the head. Pretentious? Ummm… yeah. Edit out all the "I'm so deep" crap and what you have is a really great garage band with an edge of…