Matthew Sweet - Blue Sky on Mars

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Music Review: Shocked at the positive reviews this album has received
Rating: 2 Stars

So, why is this album so bad? First, because it is too short. The songs feel undeveloped, and there are too few of them. Second, because of the production. It just doesn't sound good. It sounds very...cheesy. The guitars sound weak, and there are too many synthetic sounds. Sweet wanted this album to sound like the demo tapes he made in his own home, because his family and friends would tell him they liked the sound of the demo tapes more than his studio albums. I guess this just goes to show you that sometimes people are sometimes blinded by their close proximity. Thirdly, the songwriting just isn't what it used to be. Many of the songs are awkward and irritating.

On top of the general lack of quality of the music, the cd I purchased (when it first came out) had a glitch with the way the tracks were edited, so that each song would begin at the end of the previous track.

I was, and still am, a huge Matthew Sweet fan, but even I have to admit that BSoM was the beginning of the downhill trend in Sweet's career. There are a few good songs on it (literally two or three), but it really was a big gigantic missed opportunity for Matthew Sweet.

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Alternative Rock CDs

• Music > Styles
• Pop
• Rock