Not as much my style as the last one but I still enjoy it. Maybe one too many songs towards the middle, but the closing run of Jealous, the Mountain, and Say the Line is really stellar. I do enjoy lots of this album, my first complaint this time around would be the lyrics occasionally just tread water. There's some really great lines peppered throughout this one, my favorite being the opening lines for Caroline or the second verse of Jealous. My other issue is that the bass is not recorded very well, in my opinion. It could be the bigger mix or the engineering of it, but it sounds to me like it wasn't recorded very well. Specifically, I noticed lots more fret buzz than normal. I wish, in this regard, they didn't just settle for good. The parts are written well, though, and Kelly is still my favorite bass player.
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