Casual Harmony: Casual Harmony

[daverab]

[seth]

[Nick Lyons]

[dherriges]

[Nick Lyons]

[autumnshades]

[seth]

[Nick Lyons]

[billhare]

Reviews are opinions, for the most part, and it's well-known that the various reviewers have differing opinions on how things "should" be done. This is a good thing, and what keeps Contemporary A Cappella from becoming Barbershop. Look it up - there are such set rules in BBS for everything that judging and reviews are extremely consistent. I'm glad that's not us.

RARB scores are not meant to be the end-all exact meter of how "good" something is, just one of the authoritative benchmarks, and again, knowledgeable opinion.

FWIW, having mixed the album and liking it very much, I took a guess at how these 3 reviewers would score it a few seconds before clicking the link. My guess? 4.0. Naaiiiiiillled iiiiiiiiit!

Even though *I* enjoyed this album quite a bit (not to say 4.0 isn't a good score anyway), I know it's not everyone's perfect love match, just as albums that are 10 times platinum are not liked by certain people or reviewers. And I know I've said it over and over... read the original reviews for the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album, now considered one of the greatest pop records of all time, which met with a resounding "meh" in 1966! This doesn't make the reviews "wrong" - tastes and styles change, and if you're not right there with the timing or a million other things, that's just how the cookie bounces!

-B

[Nick Lyons]

[Box_Beatin_Lady]

[mcbc]

[kevin47]

[Box_Beatin_Lady]

[H.F.]