Wow... okay
I'll start by saying I really wanted to like this cd. I've seen Matt live and was really impressed. I have to say, that it's a little strange to me that there isn't a bad review to be found here... mostly 4 and 5 stars? Even the best of records have a few unfavorable reviews... we'll see if this gets posted.
At the foundation, the songwriting is pretty bland... and I agree with the reviewer, the lyrics boarder on cheezy... the production is unbelievably trite and unoriginal... and to top it off, the mixing isn't that great either. The drums (although played by a real drummer) have been processed to the nth degree, so much so, they sound like a machine... it's a shame. Records like this really piss me off. It's usually not the artists fault... and in this case, I don't blame Matt one bit (although, he could really use someone like Jimmy Iovine to beat him up a little and send him back to the drawing board until the songs are nothing short of great)... the fault, in my opinion, belongs squarely on the producer and the record execs. It's a perfect example of what has been wrong with the music business for a long time... when you have an artist as promising as Matt and you try to commercialize him by making him sound like everyone else... people see right through it... the honesty, the originality, the integrity, the soul of the artist is lost... like I said I'm a fan and I really wanted to like this record... but instead I find myself really just wanting my money back.
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