Selling England by the Pound

I wanted this to be better than it is. The ingredients are all there — the talent, the ambition, the production budget — but it never quite gels into something greater than the sum of its parts. Still a pleasant enough listen though.

Bold artistic choices that mostly work. Rewarding for patient listeners.

I come back to this every few months and find something new each time.

This is fine but I expected more given the critical consensus.

Occasionally overindulgent but the quality is undeniable.