Search - Percy Thrillington :: Thrillington

Kind of a letdown.

Lewis Noogie | New York, NY USA | 08/05/2006

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I was given to understand that this album was a big-band cover of all the songs in Paul McCartney's "Ram," which has long been one of my favorites (and I'm not a huge McCartney fan at all). But it's not really that. It's more of a lyrics-free version of the same album. You still have the Spectorish ethereal chorus in the background, and guitars, ukeleles, and other instruments that you'd not ordinarily find in either an orchestra or a big band. I think I'd have enjoyed this CD all the more if it had really been an orchestral or band transcription, instead of a neither-fish-nor-fowl as this is."