It's a clever tangent that adds to the track. I could go on for every other track like that, except for Flood , which just didn't translate well to the realm of a cappella. Listening to Mixed Company's latest, The Other Side of Blue , leaves me in quite the quandary. Fact is, there are any number of lessons other collegiate groups could stand to take from Mixed Company. Equally strong on the extreme highs and lows as well as full and rich in the middle registers, their sound is among the fullest I've heard at this level.
Huge groups can sound awful and smaller groups can sound terrific.
Mixed Company has chosen wisely in its auditions and shows off its talented ensemble to maximum effect. But ultimately, my mixed emotions about Mixed Company may have as much to do with their choice of repertoire as anything else. Take a look at the song list below and you'll see that it's all over the map. Not many albums sport covers of tunes by Sugar Ray, Sarah MacLachlan, TLC, Dave Matthews Band, Madonna, Joan Osborne and Pat Benatar, to name a few. It's to their credit that they are all rendered quite well.