WELL, having played this album virtually non-stop for two weeks I have to say... you're TOTALLY WRONG. This album stands up with his best work, there are no filler tracks here but there are certainly songs which could in time end up as Lightfoot standards, Harmony, Shellfish, End of All Time and Sometimes I Wish to name a few. One of the joys of this album is that after one play you're hooked.. the hooks are so great you can virtually singalong word for word with Gord after just one listen... which is what I found after my first listen of The No Hotel and No Mistake About It and you'll see what I mean. No, this is an exceptional album, on a par with Don Quixote, Endless Wire, Summertime Dream and East of Midnight. And the great man hasn't lost his writing touch, these songs, especially Shellfish, can hit you deep in your soul if you listen properly. To have produce an album of this quality after all the guy has been through I for one take my hat off to him and will carry on playing Harmony till the cows come home....
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