Originally Posted by rocker1981

Jon will keep making new records. He needs to have the confidence in his deeper song writing, rather than writing a album and then adding a 'hit song' as track 1. He sucks up to the overweigh US housewife too much, who don't actually care about the music that much, and will support/love whatever he/ BJ does. For a guy who is desperate for critical respect, it's an odd approach.

That said I really like The Circle, WAN was some good moments, but the album as a whole has been destroyed by a concious decision on the production to make it completely pop with no rock (a point discussed many times before). IMO the basis of the songs is there though (for most of the album).