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...Rick Bass is a very good writer of fiction. What's more, he's good at a kind of writing that is often done with irritating self-consciousness. Bringing the natural world into a story as something more than scenery invites a rich array of overdelicate word-painting and drum-roll weather effects, with turning seasons or the death and birth of creatures pointing solemn metaphorical lessons. Bass is better than this...
...album reveals its diversity. Among the contributing artists are Blues Traveler, No Doubt, Enya and Puff Daddy. Sting, a participant on both of the previous Very Special Christmas albums, starts this one with a rendition of the timeless "I Saw Three Ships." His percussive voice and the accompanying drum beat drive this quick and jaunty number...
...speed-metal-like "Ain't No Right," "Then She Did" and a well-punctuated "Stop!" Compared to the superb later fare, all this would in fact seem somewhat haphazard, even throwaway, but the imperative of regaining the audience's attention made it all worthwhile. By that odd slower, leisurely drum-pulsed section in "Stop!" the crowd was about as enthused as one could reasonably expect them...
...traditional, crowd-chummy highlight "Jane Says" suffered from the lack of steel drum, which was visibly pining away on the unused, chop-shopped second stage. Steve Perkins gamely took up that sad, child-like tin-role with normal drums, to surprisingly good effect. The old favorite, although inevitable, was actually made a surprise through Farrell's roundabout, shaggy-dog introduction. His lyrical patter with the audience was, in fact, more a highlight to the concert than not: however dippy, they were drenched with sincerity and often reached unexpected beauty...
...large problem with the performance was the poor acoustic quality of the sound system. The volume seemed to be turned up as loud as possible and sounded extremely muffled. Puffy's characteristically smooth deliveries were drowned out by the electric drum beats and prerecorded background tracks...