From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
   In article ,   
   MDH   wrote:   
   >The new album is doing quite well -- it debuted at no. 3 on the   
   >Billboard Hot 200 album chart today, the highest new entry for a BB   
   >album ever.   
   >   
   >First of all, I think the very existence of this album is a miracle, and   
   >I'm very grateful to have it!   
   >   
   >Now that I've had a chance to play it multiple times, I really like this   
   >album. I love the title song and "Think About the Days" (stunning!), and   
   >"Isn't It Time" has become an instant earworm -- I keep waking up with   
   >it running in my head. "Shelter" is another earworm, especially Jeff's   
   >chorus part.   
   >   
   >As for the last three tracks, it's great to hear Al singing the lead on   
   >"From There to Back Again" and there are some gorgeous harmonies on PCH.   
   >"Summer's Gone" is my stumbling block. It's pretty, but it just doesn't   
   >work for me as an album ending. I keep wanting to hear something else   
   >after it, to complete the album in my mind (another "Southern   
   >California"-type song, for example). The way it is now, it feels   
   >unfinished, without closure. (I suppose that could be intentional, so   
   >that we'd be left wanting more.)   
   >   
   >Emdeeh   
      
   To me it has a *very* "Caroline No" feel, to the extent I expect to   
   hear dogs and trains afterwards.   
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