Michael Penn – MP4

Artist: Michael Penn

Title: MP4

Label: Epic

Rating: 5/10

Track #

1. Lucky One A catchy hook, but otherwise trite. 4/10

2. Whole Truth Beatle-ish. Not too shabby. 5/10

3. High Time Not a lasting interest. 5/10

4. Beautiful Like the others, it’s musically powerful but the verses just don’t keep up their end of the bargain. This one has a nice chorus, but not really strong. 6/10

5. Footdown Rocky, hooky, and finally fully entertaining. 7/10

6. Perfect Candidate Again, a musical gem, but I just dig the chorus. The song lacks something, some missing ingredient that is absent on many of the songs. The chorus is a letdown. 5.5/10

7. Don’t Let Me Go Proves he can rhyme and write good music, but once again the words don’t mean a thing to me. 5/10

8. Out Of Misery It’s been said. 5/10

9. Trampoline Gorgeous piano, and verses that remind me of John Lennon. It’s just too bad the verses are so good and the chorus is so bad. 5/10

10. Bucket Brigade – Finally a complete song. But it came a little too late. 6.5/10

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