>I should be clear that my opinion is based on the side with
>vocals.
>
>I’ve never been a huge fan of instrumental albums due to the
>lack of replay value for me personally.

I think this is the thing (at least for me): when I think of Shadow, I think primarily instrumentals. Totally fine with the half-instrumental/half-vocal approach but *as an album* I don't think it comes off very well... it feels lop-sided, where the vocals side is really tight with a lot of high moments, but the instrumental side feels a lot less focused. If he'd released *just* the vocals side the conversation would be really different.

That said, it's continuing to grow on me (both sides).


-thebigfunk

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