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Picked up the CD this morning at Sunrise Records. Thought I had a defective copy for a second, as there was only one disc in there. Threw it on in the car and realized all 23 songs on the one disc. The lyrics are included, but it's Gord's handwritten scribbly lyric sheets, so it's very difficult to read. I'm sure they'll put the lyrics up on the website shortly.

So much music to listen to on this thing and it's definitely gonna take me a while to fully absorb it all. I've made it all the way through about 3 times now. Every song is absolutely dripping with emotion, and yet the album isn't as sad and melancholic as I expected. Some of the songs are actually quite upbeat and catchy despite the circumstances surrounding their creation. Many of the songs are also more structured than I was expecting, while a couple of them sound like they might have been improvised on the spot in the studio. My favorites so far:

A Natural- that chorus! Just an amazing vocal performance from Gord.
First Person
Bedtime- gorgeous and heart-wrenching.
Love Over Money- very touching tribute to his bandmates in the Hip.
Coco Chanel #5- I assume this one is about his ex wife.
Safe is Dead- noticed he re-used the line from Tired as F**k in this song: "don't let your balloon touch the ground."
A Better End
Far Away and Blurred

I felt exactly the same way about the chorus in A Natural.
I also noticed in another song (can't remember now) that he used the "God walks with persons" line from Great Soul
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