A real artistic achievement

Everyone should give this album a serious listen. It reminds you that music is art, a product of creativity not marketing strategies. I was impressed with this album as the end point of much evolution in CTD. I didn't even recognize them upon listening to the first few tracks. I enjoyed the addition of new rhythms, sounds and, especially, of Ellen Reed's vocals to all the other good things CTD had going on. Also, my husband perceived the two vocalists as having a sort of conversation about their romantic relationship (which is in trouble). Listening to it that way gives me a whole new perspective.

solid achievement

This is bright record in my collection, one of the kind that longer you look at, more you like it. I would suppose artists had possibility to do what they want on this one. Therefore, if you have respect for what real CTD are, you cannot dislike it. Certainly it is very different from their radio-hit, as it is more contemporary and more complicated. But this one is RECORD. Actually, we have been dancing to it with great pleasure, too!

Whoa, this is different

If you thought CTD was going in a completly different direction

with " a worms life" they went completly crazy with this one,

" give yourself a hand". All the albums they made have been interesting, From the folk/irish rock of, "the ghosts that haunt me" to the huge success of the altenative/rock," God shuffled his feet" to the even more creavtive weird " a worms life" and now the R&B/hip hop/techno flavored, " give yourself a hand." Interesting at times, catchy... ellen reid sings lead on a few songs. I gave it two because it was simply alright, very different than every album they made. Brad roberts vocal style is really different on this album. " Keep on lid on things" is

actually a pretty good song. I didn't even know it was them, hearing it on the radio, because it was so different. If i could compare this to one album it would be " the primitive radio gods,

rocket"." Give yourself a hand" sounds electronic at times, catchy, like," cigarette is all you need, just chillin". Like i said not a bad album. Don't let this be the 1st CTD album your hear without checking out they're other stuff too. After this album was, " i dont care that you don't mind", not very good, country/desert rock. " Puss n Boots" is supposed to be upbeat and different. Their lastest album is " songs of the unforgiven", has an organ/harp and other different instruments to make a very mellow-ed out album. They are always doing something different.