After hearing (and loving) Wainwright's latest effort (Poses), I ran out and bought this CD in the hope that it would reflect an earlier but equally good collection of songs. What a disappointment! With only one exception, this CD is replete with extremely dreary, monotonous, uninspired, sleepy melodies. (When I read some of the other reviews, I can't help but wonder if I listened to the same CD that they're talking about.) Wainwright, whose style and delivery remind me of Peter Allen's, shines when the melodies lift and shift (as they do on most cuts from POSES) to take advantage of his sometimes whiny but unique voice. But on this CD, most of the songs are dark, boring dirges, exacerbated by the singer's morbid droning.