The thing that makes this album so awesome is not only its impeccable tuning, blend, energy, and really great originals. It's that The Blenders have this crazy, zany sense of humor. They hint at it with their intro, where a smarmy agent calls the group with this crazy idea of doing their album Oxapello . Then they start off the music with a song entitled, Tasty, Tasty, Tasty . After rolling out of my chair in hysterical laughter, I have to say that I don't think I've ever heard a cappella comedy done this well.
Every song sounds full, deep, and super crisp and clear.
Anyway, big props to The Blenders on a truly entertaining album. For anyone following my cringe factor test that I've been doing on many of the albums I've reviewed, I did not cringe a single time in this album. Go and get this good stuff. The Blenders could be one of the tightest, purest sounding groups I know of, but still I had a difficult time with rating this album. As you may know, contemporary a cappella has evolved quite a bit since 1993.