"Street Corner Preacher" goes about discussing the plight of prisoners with felony records trying to find new lives in a world that doesn't want them. "It Started To Rain" is kinda like "What's Been Going On" but even sadder, yet I tend to like Amos Lee's singing when he's at his moodiest. "Better Days" is a good song of hope for those who are suffering in life and wish for better things to come.
I can't say that I have a favorite among the tracks. If you had to force me on the floor and put a shoe to my neck to make me tell you what I think is the best, then I would have to say it was "It Started To Rain." I prefer the darker Amos Lee for some reason than the urgent need-to-get-my-voice-loud Amos Lee.
Lee fans can purchase this album with the idea that they will get more quality songs from the singer and they wouldn't be right in that regard. Some Lee fans probably will wonder to themsleves if they purchased a Bob Dylan album or an album from Amos Lee, but that worry should be left up to those who concern themsleves with such trivial things.
Dylanesque or not, Last Days At The Lodge is a good because it's different vocally from Amos Lee other albums. A singer who cannot break through the wall of the familar that made them famous will never be able to grow musically. Amos Lee has done that in this case. No one, not even the most hardcore fans of his music can knock him for that.
Do you?
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