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...would be easy to expect Barenaked Ladies to be somewhat down since the departure of their frontman and primary songwriter Steven Page last year. However, their new album, “All in Good Time” remains remarkably hopeful and upbeat. The album??s second track, “Summertime,” epitomizes this bright and hopeful feeling, acknowledging the struggles of the present, but promising better things to come: “How do we make it through the day / How do we not cave in and bottom out / Well, you have to understand that...
Hope for the future establishes itself early as one of the album??s leading themes. On “Golden Boy,” one of the album??s catchiest tunes, vocalist Ed Robertson sings, “Hey golden boy / Don’t let the darkness in you take you away from yourself / Nobody else, there’s nobody left to make you run.” Upbeat, strong chords, with some funky, synthesized piano pieces create a playful sound, which, in combination with some classical violin pieces, give the album a very...
...give it up for anger / It makes us strong,” the song begins. The song’s introduction, set amidst deeper tones and more ominous beats raises expectations of a darker mood, but the pace of the song changes abruptly and resumes the album??s positivity. Similarly, “I Saw It” begins with the lyrics “I saw, I saw it / We all did / It hurt and I heard it / We all hid,” but, the song progresses to a more hopeful outlook, stating...
...which is largely dominated by slow meandering guitar playing, and “Jerome,” which sounds akin to an old country song. In context, these very different types of songs encapsulate Barenaked Ladies’ mobility and freshness and contribute well to the album??s versatile sound...
Usher manages to stretch out his thin inspiration for over an hour, and many of the tracks prove to be filler. While usually catchy, the lyrics aren’t good enough to bring this “self-confessional” album??s concept off of the ground. What Usher needs isn’t another album of so-called introspection to bring back the success of his past, but some new inventiveness in his career, something that “Raymond v. Raymond” fails to exhibit...