DARIN GRAY
St. Louis Shuffle (Family Vineyard)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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Ah, yes, another wise-ass composer determined to make me think I have to rush out and buy brand new stereo equipment. First couple of times I put this CD on, I was convinced that the laser must be just coated with tiny motes of dust, and I spent a good half-hour on my knees with the rubbing alcohol and the Q-tips so that CDs wouldn't skip when I tried to play them. After pounding my head against my desk again and again during successive listenings to this collection of built-in scratches, skips, thumps, and ambient noise, I finally realized that the problem wasn't with my CD player at all - the CD is supposed to sound like this. I think I'm going to buy a copy of this for my dad, just to watch him go through the same audiophile hell I went through trying to review this thing.

© 2003 - Holly Day