You've come a long way, baby. Since their last CD , Washington University's Mosaic Whispers have solidified a fairly good existing group into a strong ensemble with a creative CD full of atypical collegiate songs. Syllables change, soloists' words are sung in different places by the other members of the group, and chords are filled out well. There are tempo problems on one too many songs, especially on 3 a.m. , Foolish Games , and it weakens the overall production. I loved Suddenly Seymour because the Whispers always seem to successfully sneak a musical number on the album.
Drive is turned into a beautiful, arpeggiated song.
As you can see, there is something to say about many of the songs, which demonstrates to me that this is an album to listen to over and over again. Songs towards the second half are strong, but overall are more lyrical, with thinner layering of voices. This is a commendable effort by the Whispers, and I hope that their next CD focuses a little more on tempo but keeps the same kind refreshing choices of music and strong arrangements. Loved it, but I don't want to give it away. We Built this City is fairly tight but not quite convincing.