Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A sorry exercise, even for its time

Even if we excused that this record is hitting most people's radars 20 years after its originally intended release (1988), this record would still be mostly fodder for collectors.That the rhythm core of this sprawling band has been replaced here with drum machines and synths does not excuse songs that are essentially hopeless under any arrangement. The songs are mostly boring riffs that sound like a poor cover band, and not even a P-Funk cover band. These tracks come off mostly as exercises in trying to sound contemporary (again, for the time) but aren't in any way engaging as songs. The music is too stock to dance to and mean it, it's too boring to rock at a party, and it's too bad to just bob your head to.Clinton was never above putting out an uneven record, but this one doesn't even have a good song on it to consider purchasing unless you're simply a completist. Even fans should avoid this sorry effort to pay the rent.