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Starland Vocal Band - Starland Vocal Band

Right off I'll say the only reason I got this was so I could take a monstrous dump on their 1976 earworm "Afternoon Delight" a song so catchy and equally irritating that I felt it was by doody to avenge my nearly ruined childhood by being merciless to a band who never did anything to me other than craft a song that got under my skin. Heck despite McCartney writing "Silly Love Songs" I still listen to his stuff, so I'm not sure why I'm so excited to go after a soft rock act that never hurt anyone. So I put the album on and had my knives out waiting for the first song to start ... "Boulder to Birmingham" immediately got my attention, and I put down my knives. What the hell was this? This song was fantastic. Looking at the liner notes the song was written by Emmylou Harris and Bill Danoff.  The second track was a little more generic country pop but again, it was pretty solid. This was irritating, I so wanted this to be terrible. For a group who ca...