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For me, this is a disappointing release from the Huntington Cads. While there are a couple of nice tracks, and a couple that capture some of the energy, this is mostly pretty nondescript instrumental guitar music, often with the drums nearly gone from the mix, and generally dull sounding. Sorry if you find this to be cruel, but this just isn't very interesting.

Picks: Besame Mucho, Never To Return, Outer Orbit, Goodnight Suzanne, Always Anna, Blue Sounds, Theme From The Maneater, New Dimension, New Sound Samba, Lovely Nobuko, Lovers Lane, Sweethearts Theme, Super Kay, Shanghaid

Suave (Instrumental)

This is a stunningly pretty arrangement of the classic "Besame Mucho." Just shy of being MOR, separated from that genre by the pure rich reverb guitar tone and the surf whammy. The reverb on the drum kit is tasty too.

Suave (Instrumental)

Fine whammified surf, double picked and moody. The melody line is enjoyable, but mostly it's the tone that carries it off.

Suave (Instrumental)

This is a pleasant enough track, but it doesn't stick in the memory banks. The guitar tone here is dull against the organ, which is subdued enough to prevent overwhelming the track. The guitar work is nice. The drums are completely lost in the background.

Suave MOR (Instrumental)

MOR stylings and a too-pretty sound keep this from sticking. It's quite nice, just unmemorable.

Suave MOR (Instrumental)

More MOR, like chasing down Buddy Merrill in his lesser roles. Quite pretty, but it won't grab you unless you are looking for that romantic mood sound.

Suave MOR (Instrumental)

Another very MOR track, quite pretty and well played, but not magnetic at all.

Suave MOR (Instrumental)

Plucky damped surf guitar and gentle swimming chords set the stage for a relatively cool track. The emotion is just too low and the sound to dull to make it happen. This slowish number does sport a fifties slow-jazz drum break.

Suave MOR (Instrumental)

This Euro styled number is faster, with a lot of Laika & the Cosmonauts and little surf. It's a riff driven tune, not very infectious or memorable. The overuse of tape echo detracts.

Suave MOR (Instrumental)

MOR samba is more like it. This just isn't very interesting.

Surf (Instrumental)

Double picked melody lines, and an interesting energy carry this one off. It's spunky enough to capture interest, but nonintrusive enough to fill in the spaces of a gathering.

MOR (Instrumental)

Gentle nondescript instrumental fair. It has a definite fifties ethic.

MOR Surf (Instrumental)

This is a cool track, but it is just too shallow for my tastes. I want to like it, but I know I'll forget it as soon as it's out of the CD player.

(Instrumental)

Chord driven, muddy sounding, and fifties small label oriented in structure. No melody, just a riff and a rhythm.

Surf (Instrumental)

Atlantics styled, but less intense. Surfy enough, and faster paced with enough energy, though the recording seems to dumb down the edge.