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Various Artists: Mister Bond - A Jazzy Cocktail Of Ice Cold Themes
by Mark Sabbatini
The new James Bond can't drive a stick shift, is indecisive about martinis, and plays poker instead of baccarat. If that sounds appealing, this is the album for you.
Mister Bond strips the rockin' energy of various familiar title tracks and rearranges them as sleepy smooth/Latin compositions lacking the musicmanship necessary to jolt them out of mediocrity. Some of the material borders on the kind of parody the album's self-warning title suggests, like Rick Washington's Motown vocals trying to channel ...
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