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Maybe I would have liked this album better in the era it was released, where it would have compared well with that era's British pop. The heavy, droning keyboard of the atmospheric opener "Get Miles" suggests a relatively heavy album, but most songs actually resemble a Beck-flavored acoustic jazz/blues with lots of electronic blurbs thrown in, such as the quirky Blur-country "Whippin Piccadilly". The album seems best at its most straightforward, as on the heartfelt acoustic "Tijuana Lady"**** (before it gets bogged down in production), the alt-country "Free To Run"****, and the floating "Here Comes The Breeze"****, which resembles The Verve. I love the heavy Pink Floyd blues of "Rie's Wagon" which bookends the album's heavy introduction (it also resembles Jane's Addiction's "Ted Just Admit It"), though 9 plus minutes of it is hardly necessary. It's an enjoyable album to be sure, just not necessarily one that surpasses its contemporaries.
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