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moved on from
' abortive
sessions to record his own solo debut,
, an audacious and occasionally brilliant attempt to mount a fully orchestrated, classically minded work within the context of contemporary
. As indicated by its title,
is a thematically coherent work, one which attempts to embrace the breadth of American popular music;
,
-- nothing escapes
' radar, and the sheer eclecticism and individualism of his work is remarkable. Opening with
authored by
(another
composer with serious
aspirations), the album is both forward-thinking and backward-minded, a collision of bygone musical styles with the progressive sensibilities of the late '60s; while occasionally overambitious and at times insufferably coy, it's nevertheless a one-of-a-kind record, the product of true inspiration. ~ Jason Ankeny