This is not a perfect record.
There are times when timeless songs sound dated because of trendy production choices. The arrangement of It’s About Time, with its cheesy sounding clavinet and electric piano lines, sounds like a bad Jimmy Buffett imitation. Black Haired Boy could’ve stood some brushes rather than drum sticks. Texas Cookin’ likewise sounds a little too electric when acoustic would’ve done just fine, thank you.
But these are small potatoes on the menu of Clark’s Texas Cookin’. The songwriting is mostly brilliant, the arrangements generally exceptional and the end result exactly what we want from a record: songs that stick in your head.
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