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Reader Comments
Really? _Nothing_ worse? Youthinks whatever you likes, of course. I didn't intend to whine, regardless. I read the story and felt like engaging the process. I'm not exactly what you'd call world famous, nor shall I ever be. And that's fine. Still, I put these albums out myself, and enjoy having people hear them. I have never reviewed a review or responded to one before, and I'll likely make a rule never to do so again. But if someone's put off by a bad review and I believe is off the mark, it seems perfectly fair play to respond on a website.
Methinks that the artist doth protest too much! make your music and let reviewers do their job of critiquing how good it is. There's nothing worse than a whining artist complaining when a critic doesn't like the review!
My reservations notwithstanding, I DO appreciate that Philip Croft spent some of his time with the record and wrote down his feelings about it.
My wife (who doesn't care for a lot of my material) loves "Muffin in the Oven," and my daughter (who doesn't pay attention to much of my material) loves "Bark Along with Cody." Those are also reviews worth considering. These songs are admittedly not the meatiest fare, but they're fun. They don't represent the balance of the album anyhow. At concerts, they do well at winning over unfamiliar listeners, who might then be inclined to give ear to the stories behind other songs.
To call "Goodnight Rabbit" an "appalling novelty song" suggests that Philip Croft didn't consult the lyric listings, and perhaps didn't listen to the song. He claims to prefer the bluesy rock side of Ping, and "Rabbit" is the Stones-iest the band has ever gotten. I presume he's referring to preference for things like "Getting Ahead of Myself," but specific references are saved for negative comments.
Cross Rhythms notified me that Storybook had been reviewed, so I thought I'd read the story. Upon doing so, I thought, "by golly, a key song has been entirely misrepresented." And then I saw the Comment field. If I felt that the writer had pegged the album accurately (for good or bad), however, I'd have made no comment at all. He's quite welcome to his opinion, and my ego can take a bad review. I'll close by reaffirming the fact that I appreciate Mr. Croft took the time and effort to review the album at all.