Everything is mixed up on this album, even the quality is mixed. The cd doesn’t start with it’s best song, but the quality rapidly increases until it reaches it’s top with number 9, The Sugafoot Rag (listen below). It’s a pity that a lot of the tracks do not seem to be heading somewhere, they verge dangerously on the edge o being bland and uninspired. The other half is much better, but only the Sugarfoor Rag really stands out.

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Expecting music, this time I got music, joy! I started to listen to the CD for the 5th time, every previous, unsuccesfull attempt was interrupted by our newborn. But now, Smaller Portions by Fortyone (fluv005), is (still) playing.

The CD is a bit of a ‘slow’ starter; the tracks get better as they get longer. In fact, in general; the longer the track, the better the song. As if the shorter bits are tiny experiments where it just didn’t get past the ‘these-five-second-really-match’ state.

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Expecting music, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the cd contains a collection of stories, fairy tales, cleverly put together from a multitude of soundbites from a very wide variaty of sources. My imagination was pleasantly sparked upon hearing soundbites from commercials. cartoons and tv-shows from different times (50/60′s – till now) especially with Jewish Easter (Yes I’ll swallow) and the 3 interviews with a mental patient.

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