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Bill Madden - Samsara's Grip
- Bill Madden’s latest album has gotten more attention for the album cover than the music itself. After all the controversy surrounding the cover, Madden may now only be known as "the guy with the kid’s penis on the cover." Yes, it’s his picture from his childhood, but it seemed to stir the fires.
That said, Madden's album is pretty good. He tells stories with a conscience that have an alternative/world music feel. In the press release, they list Eastern philosophy and Bob Dylan as influences and to be honest, I guessed both before I read the release. It comes across.
Now it’s an interesting situation when you have a songwriter who is trying to get across a social message but the message is being lost by the fact that the album cover is showing a child’s penis.
Reviewer: Michael Mardings
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Reviewer's Rating: 6.5
Reader's Rating: 9.75
Reader's Votes: 57
Added: 16-Sep-2004
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