Blog: PopMatters

On John Doe's new album, everything sounds good, but nothing stands out. For a working artist, success can be a curse as well as a blessing. Every time Paul McCartney steps into the recording studio, he has the Mount Rushmore-sized spectre of The Beatles looking over his shoulder. And every time Bob Dylan releases an album, he knows that critics from every magazine, newspaper, and website on the planet are going to remind him his new work can't hold a candle to Blonde on Blonde or Blood...