Rating: 2/5
Review:
Pretty terrible
Well, like most other people, I loved Classical Gas when it
originally appeared so I tried this album to see what Mason
Williams’s other work was like. Frankly, it’s pretty terrible.
The album is a
mish-mash of stuff, with lots of “quirky” little bits on it which
feel like a bit of a desperate attempt to pad the thing out to an
acceptable length, and some full length songs which are, at best,
undistinguished. Williams had a reasonable voice, but the material
is pretty dreadful. When I was about 18 I am ashamed to say that I
wrote a couple of songs for a girlfriend, which were absolutely
terrible and which I have mercifully all but forgotten now. This
album sounds a bit like those songs given a more lush production –
weak melodies, slightly mystical-sounding but almost meaningless
lyrics...you get the idea.
I’m sorry to be so
critical, but I really don’t think much of this album. My advice
is to get the single of Classical Gas and avoid the album.
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