Ultimately Disappointing

Review Score: (2/10)
One has to be very careful -- very -- when one gets a new Lightfoot album. With each one we say, first, "there you go, he lost it." Then ten listenings later you're hooked. So I listened several times before rendering the verdict: Gordon, the voice is gone and the lyrics really are second-rate. Another reviewer had a great idea: Have someone else sing your new songs. And I'd add, "And don't write junk." (Sorry, but "He's a loon and he don't care less" is simply a tired, lazy Lightfoot on autopilot.)

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