Is Say You Will too flashy?

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The comparisons between Say You Will and previous works will be inevitable when the album is released. While Mick, whose word at this point is worth about as much as Saddam's claims that he is cooperating with the inspectors, claims this album will be Tusk II, to me it sounds like it will be more like Mirage II, when the band gave in to commercial priorities. Mind you, a few songs on Mirage are real gems (Eyes of the World and Gypsy) but in general the album does not stand out the way the previous albums do.

From what I've heard so far -- Thrown Down and the snippets of Peacekeeper and Say You Will -- I fear there may be too much gloss on these songs. A Tusk approach to this record might have made more sense.

Then again, we haven't heard the final versions of most of the songs.