This album starts off strongly with "Nite Becomes Day", a mix of reggae inspired lyrics, synthesisers and R&B beats.The next song "Pablo Picasso" is a fusion of reggae sing beats and tribal drums. But soon after, the album takes a turn for the worse, when Cope starts making the mistake of thinking that repetitive and uncreative lyrics give off a cool and laid back vibe. This is demonstrated in "Sideways", which I find has great melodies and an amazing guitar part, but there is no real development, just repetition of the same old thing over and over again, ad nauseum. He also starts using overly sentimental clichés that have long lost it's meaning, for example in "Fame". Overall, I think this album has one or two songs that are worth listening to, but you shouldn't too far into this album, for the sake of your ears. Citizen Cope has potential, but his quest to define himself has often lead him astray.
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Might be better with a bit more content and separated into a few paragraphs - one huge clump of words is difficult to read. I haven't rated it as it can be disheartening when loads of people give you bad ratings without giving you a chance to improve it but if you let me know when you update it, I'll have another look.
duskmaiden 24.02.2006 15:58
I though thi review had real potential as you do have good critical wriitng. Perhaps a sentence to introduce the album and the artist woul be good
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