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Side note: This is a good example of why shorter albums work so much better than long ones for this. Accessibility is important.
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The thing with this album that immediately stuck out to me is that the songs sound similar enough, yet are distinguishable. They all have the same coat of paint, but some focus more on guitars, some more on violins, and others on sax. The album manages to be a consistent whole without all sounding like one track, and that's impressive. The theme is consistent, too: It's pretty obviously about a depressed person learning to feel joy again. I wish I was capable of that.

"Be Sweet" is a catchy pop tune that absolutely had to be the first single. I can understand why that was stuck in your head, Johnbobb. It's easily my favorite. Really, there's not a bad song on here, just two I like less - "Savage Good Boy" ends too abruptly and "Sit" is a snoozer based on how it's placed after the similar but much superior "Posing in Bondage." The string section on "Tactics" is why it stands out to me.

It took me a bit to realize who the voice reminded me of: Michelle Branch, circa Hopeless Romantic (and this one's name is Michelle also, lulz). I know this board has a longstanding history of disliking Michelle Branch but that really shouldn't be the case (and I don't know how much of that ancient history's left).

I enjoyed this as a bright, "reaching the light at the end of the tunnel" sort of thing. Wouldn't say it's one of my favorites we've covered, but it's not one of my least favorites either.

1. Be Sweet
2. Paprika
3. Posing in Bondage
4. Tactics
5. Slide Tackle
6. Posing for Cars
7. In Hell
8. Kokomo, IN
9. Savage Good Boy
10. Sit