This is one of those albums that might be better taken one song at a time. In order to maintain interest for a whole album, songs need to vary quite a bit. There is some change in tempo and style here, but for the most part the vocal delivery is pretty uniform throughout. What changes there are in tempo are actually somewhat minor, but in the scope of this release, they are made to feel major because they provide so much variety.

There was a time before the 1970s where music was always released as singles and albums were just collections of those singles. This seems to be a call-back to that time, and with the current era of people just listening to a song or two, that makes it very relevant.

I would say that some of the monolithic nature of this could be negated if the order of the songs had been juggled around a bit. Three of the most similar songs are bunched together at the beginning. Had they been moved around a little, this would flow better. If you like mainstream pop rock with definite nods to country and jazz, this is something you should make some time for spinning. I'd just take it in small batches, though. I think it works much better that way.

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While the opener was far from a real rocker, this is more of a ballad. It has a lot of the same leanings as the previous cut did. This is a mainstream tune that works well. It does build upward into a more powerful and rocking treatment of itself as it starts to rock out. This really does have a lot of jazz in the mix.