Butch Walker - Letters
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Music CD Cover Artist: Butch Walker Edition: Music CD Format: Enhanced CD Release Date: 2004-08-24 Music Label: Sony Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Letters Album
Free Music Review: Nowhere to go but DOWN
Hit: 2 Stars
Though I suppose this review will likely land me in the doghouse with Butch Walker loyalists everywhere, I cannot pretend that this album is great. In fact, it's rather bland. So much so that it's difficult to sit thru for the entire duration. What I can't understand is what prompted Butch to take this diluted vanilla Mayeresque direction in the first place.
Now mind you, I am all about artists taking chances & branching out over time but this is a HARD right turn from practically all of the fantastic qualities we've come to love in his writing.
This is mostly tepid predestrian "sensitive guy" acoustic material that would prob appeal more to fans of Jason Mraz, John Mayer or Gavin DeGraw than his own core following. Now had this been along the lines of Jason Falkner or David Mead, well...the gloominess would be lifted & there'd be a more tastefully balanced mix of power pop & singer/songwriter material.
Having said that, I lean towards "Maybe It's Just Me", "#1 Summer Jam", "Uncomfortably Numb" & "Race Cars and Goth Rock" for the sheer hookiness of the melody & compact arrangements. The rest, I'm afraid, isn't worthy of more than a spin for curiosity's sake. Gone are the instant hooks, swelling crescendos, charging guitars, pummeling rhythms & sardonic clever wordplay that have made Butch an A-list guy in the industry. "Letters" in retrospect may well be considered by many, to be his "sophomore slump" as a solo artist. Thank god I still have "Left of Self-Centered"!!!