i've got to agree with that... i don't know if the songs are written to record company's demands or just included to keep up to quotas. I think an album may have a theme, but i have to agree that it's likethey are just going: the mid-tempo... check, ballad... check...
even the singles from the post2000 era... big cheerful sieze-the-day number (IML, Everyday, have a nice day) mid-tempo (say it isn't so, misunderstood, who says you can't go home) and ballad (thank you for loving me, all about lovin you, welcome to wherever you are).
music by numbers
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