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Avocado Fault Line (Audio CD),01 January, 2003
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Unremarkable effort from a remarkable talent / 3
Who knows why some albums strike a chord with us and some don't. This one didn't. I have been a fan of Terry Scott Taylor for over 20 years. DA, The Swirling Eddies and The Lost Dogs are among my favorite bands of all time. This project just doesn't move me or even interest me like the others.I guess I could say it might be due to the "I'm-an-aging-Christian-rock-star-living-in-Southern-California" effect that is evidenced more strongly here than on any other of his projects. Even "John Wayne," a much stronger album, though it was "about" LA, was accessible enough that nearly everyone could relate to its themes. The songs here come dangerously close to navel-gazing. Yeah, it's reminiscent of Jimmy Buffet, but it's not even that good. Some of these cuts have the feel of stuff the Dog's wouldn't touch. Even "fun" tracks like "Cake Hole" wear thin after repeated listening. The lyrics are predictable and overwrought at times. The music has a nice light-country aire about it, which adds continuity to the project. It's not a "bad" recording by any means; it's just disappointing. Sure, we're all growing older, but Mark Heard wrote/sang about it better. I know for a fact that Terry is capable of much more than this, perhaps that's why I hold him to a higher standard.
Song "Ever after"
Now that you’re gone
Nothing is wrong
But everything’s changed
Words in your hand
Do I set them in stone
Or throw them away
Now everything we did
Like photographs that always moved
(and that wasn’t strange)
Now they’re in the can
Let’s put them on a shelf
Let’s put them in the ground
They’ll never move again
Ever after
Ever after
Ever after
Over and done
All of the fun
And all of the pain
Why don’t I laugh
Why don’t I cry
It ends up all the same
Now that you’re gone
Everything is wrong
Though nothing has changed
And everything we said
Is there on a tape
For the future to play
Let’s put it in the ground
That’s where it ought to stay
Ever after
Ever after
Ever after
And it’ll be all right . . .
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