I am not sure where the reviewer here got her informtation, but Mandi wrote the lyrics to every song on this album. Saying that its surprising that everything sounds the same since it was the contribution of many different songwriters is garbage. She writes her own material and then goes out to other instrumentalists to craft music around her words.
Beyond the misnote about Mandi's talent as a lyricist is also the idea that her songs sound the same. Many of them may have soft verses and big choruses, but none of the songs sound anything a like. I fall down is uplifting as is crawl and so I wait. Alice in No Man's land and condemned are pensive and several others are contemplative. There is no man s=bashing on this album.
If the reviewer had bothered to listen to the words she would have noticed that each song has its own story and mood.
I'm guessing the reviewer was either swayed by the poppy pretty cover and thought Mandi was just under the cog in the machine or she didnt take the time to listen thoroughly
Either way, its their loss. This album makes people feel better when they are sad and soon the whole world will know it.

Saraloves
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