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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC
I must admit that I am struggling a little bit with this album so far. It's not just that it seems decidedly, um... somnombulant to me. But there is an "uneasy ease" about the proceedings- after a career full of concise, perfectly/meticulously crafted albums, this one seems unedited and seemingly improvised in places, which I find a little bit disturbing. Well... I suppose that is to be expected when almost every song is over ten minutes in length. In any case, I really, really want to like this album, so I hope it starts to leave tenderhooks in my ears upon repeated listenings.
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How are you doing with it now, days later? I have to admit I was shocked at how slow the first three songs unfolded. It was sort of like watching a theatre curtain go up...part way...then stop...and then rise some more.
But I love it. Most of it (still not crazy about the Elton John Duet).