Chuck Campbell of the " Knoxville News Sentinel " said the album " often sounds like it's lacking a focal point " and " that Hanley struggles for a sense of purpose as she works her way through the enervating muddiness ".
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Kelley has framed his show with the romantic conservatism of the old screwball comedies, then lacquered it with'90s amorality _ a boy-meets-girl story line, taken into the world of shruggable adultery, postmodern cynicism, and politically incorrect muddiness.
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Color muddiness or dullness typically comes from excessively brushing wet paint after it has been applied to the paper, or adding new layers of paint onto paper that has soaked water into its pulp ( capillary action draws the paint inside the paper, dulling the color, rather than letting it dry on the surface ).
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In the UK, reviews were positive, with Michael Watts of " Melody Maker " proclaiming it Dylan's " best album since " John Wesley Harding " " . " NME "'s Angus MacKinnon hailed it as Dylan's " second major album of the 70s . " In contrast to the record's still mixed reputation, Q Magazine has given the album a 5 star rating on re-release on two occasions, pointing out that the original muddiness of the production was part of the reason the record has so long been critically overlooked.
