I've dipped into "Eldorado", but have to say that this combination of pop and orchestral is just not doing it for me. I got as far as "Boy Blue", which feels to me as if that nice honest pop song, "Hang On Sloopy" is struggling to break out from an excess of orchestration. For me, "Can't Get It Out of My Head" has a similar problem; what underneath is an average, somewhat repetitive pop song has been dressed up to sound grander than it really is, and has lost its bright poppy edge in the process. Or maybe it's another iteration of what JLennon called McCartney's "grannie rock": rock music with all the sharp corners rubber off.
Anyway, my apologies to the enthusiasts here; I'll take myself off and go rain on someone else's parade, ok?
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