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Three-Fifths Compromise: Cheaper Than Therapy

by Mark Sabbatini
March 9, 2005

You've got to love a veteran quintet celebrating its ability to finally play clubs because its youngest members have reached legal age. That's also a sign that Three-Fifths Compromise is looking toward the future, and perhaps it's reasonable if audiences hear the group in that context. Indeed, their debut album, Cheaper Than Therapy, is strong proof that while musical quality is an absolute, appreciation is relative.

If this was Spyro Gyra's latest album, it might earn a lament ...