If there were people who agree with what you say, I'd expect to see maybe one comment here as testament to your brilliance. Not so . . . huh.

It's O.K. really. I heard that some "critic" once told Robert Plant that his band's music would go over like a Led Zepellin. Were you that critic?

Thanks.

As a 53 year old woman who enjoys a variety of music I am always looking for new sounds that are on the edge, not radio sounds or sweet music. Citizen Cope has a great beat going on even though repetitious,
a nice segue between songs and a young innocent maybe even unfinished sound--a rawness to it. There's something to be said about not overproducing a sound.

You sound like you know how to do a better job than him, and with his equipment you could do better? well, perhaps he chose not 'overproduce' for a reason...the sound is very unique.

"but they are too specific to carry universal import and too unfocused not to sound a bit confused." -- sounds to me like he is experimenting and trying some new, he gains some fans like myself who appreciate unfocused, and non-universal sounds that aren't trying to win over the masses..

To each his own.. I think most of the CD is not that great, but Sideways really grabs me. Most people don't like the repetitiveness of Sideways, but comming from an electronic music listing history, I find that repetition is what emphasizes and strengthens a chosen meaning within the song, I think this is what he was trying to achieve in Sideways and he pulled it off amazingly well... at least, in the non-santana version.

because i criticize something I can do better myself?

that's just about my least favourite argument in the whole entire world. I don't have musical talent. I have, however, heard about 250 albums that were released this year so I feel I have a bit of an idea of how to judge music.

btw, i thought he DID overproduce. his first album was less produced, and, imo better.