The tempo shift although different on Red makes it sluggish, and VROOM's honky-tonk kind of lounge vibe feels cheapened to me...Collins' contributions to the old material don't do much for me...outside of The Letters, he plays too in really...i'm really not sure why Theo Travis wasn't offered the role instead, at least it would be a more consistent and modern choice? i have head-scratching stories from camp from TL about Collins' role in the band. But again that whole, nostalgia thing? i don't know. It would be one thing if they just played new stuff from Scarcity onwards with him there but to me it just feels sort of tacked on and not really essential or adding lots having him in the band.
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