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Last Updated: 11/25/2009

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City: San Francisco
State: California
Country: US
Signup Date: 11/30/2005

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Monday, August 31, 2009 
Erikka Innes of the SF Examiner wrote a nice review of Fix:

August 29, 2009
Adam Balbo's latest album Fix is all about economy. It's nineteen compact songs about love, joy, self loathing, and philosophy. The album is simple in that it features Balbo's singing, his acoustic guitar playing and nothing else, but it turns out that's all he needs to make a captivating collection of songs.
His work is heavily influenced by Dylan when it comes to guitar playing and musical style. On Fix, Balbo's voice is smooth and deadpan, his lyrics soaked in witty sarcasm and surreal imagery. In one song, called "Convenient Dinner" Balbo sings about being "An individually wrapped piece of processed cheese product." You should at least listen to this piece just to see how he manages to work a line like that into a song!
Speaking of which, one of the most intriguing elements of Balbo's album is the way he makes song lyrics sound like a conversation. Words form effortlessly into songs - there is very little in what Balbo has to say that is forced.
Some highlights of the album include the song "Annie," a sad but catchy folk song about liking a girl but not loving her. "Annie, Annie, damn your heart. I don't love you but I like you a lot," Balbo sings.
One of the most entertaining songs is "Debating a Time Metaphor" in which Balbo explains his issue with the song "Time in a Bottle." Portions of the song are just Balbo's spoken musings about how the metaphor does not work for him - "Why do you have to sing in stylized figurative language?" he asks before singing the chorus "Time in a bottle will get stale, drink it before the expiration date."
"Debating a Time Metaphor" is funny, thoughtful, charming, and wonderfully deadpan - which sums up the entirety of Fix. 
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