Triage

Great pop/rock album by a artist I thought I never heard of. After reading his wiki page I now know he is one of the Tuesday Music Club (Sheryl Crow) members and co-wrote the songs on that album and played guitar on it. The album cover and lyrics are more depressing and confronting than the music. I get a bit of "Somewhere Down the Crazy River” (Robbie Robertson) vibes, because of spoken word parts and the underlying unease. I like the strange political atmosphere and the tension you can feel in a lot of the lyrics. And as other reviewers also state: it keeps getting better if you listen to it multiple times.

This properly alternates between exciting and forward thinking stuff and dry bluesy cruft. It's simultaneously a 1 and a 4 or 5.

Never heard this album before abd I’d say it was a unique add. The first song had me enticed early but then as it continued down the path of a bad political thriller, I started to lose interest. It definitely toes the line of enjoyable music mixed with lyricism that requires a specific mindset to enjoy. Overall it’s ok. 5.9/10

I actually bought this album on CD back in the day and listened to it a fair amount for a short period of time. But then I kind of forgot about it. I liked it, but I guess it didn't age very well for me. But it was great hearing it again. It's actually a really ambitious album, reminds me a bit of Pink Floyd and Alan Parsons. 4 stars.

This had a few cool moments, some blues, some rock. Got a bit strange here and there but still a fun listen. 4/5.

1992 pop rock that will play while you listen

Hard to listen to.

Rock, pop rock. Ni fu ni fa.

Hmmmm… this had some good moments but never really caught fire with me… still decent music that might get better with more listens.

Good find 3

Not bad. Doesn't have much too special

Every time I thought I had this LP pinned down, it found a new combination of influences to keep me guessing. Don't know if I'll be returning to Baerwald's world here, but the listening experience was novel and lively enough to keep me entertained and that's all a solid album needs to do in my book

Something completely new to me. Generally I'd say I liked it, but was on the fence about how much throughout. A little too clever, or maybe the word is sophisticated. I generally agreed with the sentiments but a lot of it was fairly preachy and heavy handed - the whole bloody hands imagery on the cover art was apt. Musically very competent, not really innovative.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Aids and Armageddon

Blah

Ok, but not very exciting

It sounded like background coffee shop music.

I feel this one may grow on me with more listens.

The first half of it sounds like something from Miami Vice. The last half is like Wilco meets The Traveling Wilburys. It’s not bad but not my thing.

A political pop-rock smorgasbord that’s just not as revolutionary as it seems to think it is. The album cover is quite striking and there are a couple of quite incendiary tracks, especially the opener and AIDS & Armageddon which has the spirit of a Saul Williams anthem. Unfortunately they’re interspersed with some really dry arena rock-style ballads, with The Postman in particular sounding like a late U2 B-side, and a couple of forgettable, emotionally flat blues numbers

A little too Bruce Springsteeny and a little to U2y for my tastes

This is an odd album. Didn't hate it, but I'm sure I won't remember it either. Musically this is fine, but stylistically unfocused and frequently bland. I guess what I'm trying to say is, if you're going to make an album with such a striking cover image, you really need to go bigger than whatever is going on here. Fave Songs: The Postman, A Secret Silken World

I appreciated the groove on some of these tracks but the Bruce Springsteen kinda vibe was not for me in this moment.

There's nothing special about Triage, some generic pop rock sounds and some basic bluesy notes and then a bit slowly meandering towards the end. Only really got interesting in The Got No Shotgun... track, 2/5, nothing here to excite.

Only listened once, which felt like plenty, but fragments of the songs stayed with me the rest of the day. I'll definitely come back to this, if only to listen a couple more times (and without distractions) - and I'll come back to edit this review when I do.

I enjoyed the first song but the rest was very hit or miss

I don’t think the music lives up to the Album cover.