I went with 'very good' simply because 'Cold War' is such drab shopping music it doesn't belong on the album. Definitely a 4-to-a 4 1/2 job though. I agree it's head and shoulders above all the other recent solo pop offerings by extravagantly-dressed 'entertainers'. There's some real musical (and thematic) invention behind it... it rewards you with repeated listens as well. One of the many curveballs it throws is 'Mushrooms and Roses', pure psychedelia. Not that it's a nostalgia trip... it has polished contemporary production but underneath that R&B shine you've got so much... I even like the Of Montreal collab, and I don't care much for that group particularly.
Actually all the diversity on here and the funky vibe with the classical referencing and epic scale (thinking 'Songs in the Key of Life') reminds me of Stevie Wonder
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