I back peddle to say that I've enjoyed all of their releases, in general, even before Andy's intervention. THere's a lot of amazing stuff on the comp "an Illustrated History" that isn't Andy's work,(including "Asia No Junshin") however the new album took Andy out of the producers role and that took alot of the pop out, as it has already been said, and that had been so plentiful on their previous masterpiece "Nice". I know they're bigger with the kids these days, thanks to the cartoon, so I wonder if they had to "dumb it down" for them. I don't think that's necessary seeing my 11 month old loves "Nice". later,joe -----Original Message----- >From: "garymaher@juno.com" >Sent: Aug 29, 2006 2:11 PM >To: audities@smoe.org >Subject: Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi ! ! > >Can't agree there, as I think their most incredible track is Asia No Junshin, which predates Andy. Andy's Love So Pure comes in second, though. >g > >-- audities-owner@smoe.org wrote: > >I hate to say it, but Andy Sturmer is what makes them or breaks them. >The songs in which he had a hand are great to sublime.(Security Blanket) >