"Phoner to Arizona" is a nice instrumental start ot the record. While those "Revolving Doors" can get depressing as people pass you by and you feel that you got shafted. The "Hillbilly Man" starts with Albarn singing and then after a minute or so, the beat and the rest come in. "Detroit" is another song sans vocals with nice key loop and percussion, almost like pans. Shy-Town, play on words concerning Chi-Town? "Little Pink Plastic Bags" have these vibrating high notes that sound slightly distorted. "The Joplin Spider" starts with this voiceover, and then it gets into this techno sfx and beat, lasers, and distorted echo-ridden vocals. "The Parish of Space Dust" has this scratchy radio like feed where the transmission is weak and then comes in with some more samples backed by these airy keys and a choir of albarns. Did you hear of the "Snake in Dallas" I was too busy listening to the nice song with the same name with a horn line, and great keys, that end with a robotic Darth Albarn. "Amarillo," or yellow in english has Albarn saying he was lost on the way but "The sun has come to save me,put a little love into my... lonely soul (x2)/(Don't you know I need her loving you? It's no desire...)." The Speak It Mountains" is a countup to seven that has this echo twenty seconds before the song ends. "Aspen Forest" is a nice stroll until we meet "Bobby In Pheonix' with some nice strumming of the guitar and splashes of funkncountry, and nice vocals from Bobby Womack. "California and The Slipping of The Sun" uses the aids of bloops and sentimental string with a little robotic vocoding and sfx, until the last thirty-five seconds which kicks in with a dance beat and more vocoder-assistaed vocals. The final track is called "Seattle Yodel" and is just 30 seconds of yodeling with slight technical assistance.Overall, the album was okay,but I think I like "Plastic Bleach" much better.Remember I'm an Idiot, and that I don't know what the flip I'm talking about. One of the worst reviews ever. IfIHadTo fall for 7 songs I would fall for: Hillbilly Man, Joplin Spider, Parish of Space Dust, Snake in Dallas, Amarillo, Bobby in Pheonix, and California & The Slipping of The Sun. 

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