" data-original-title="" title="">George Harrison, Tribute To (ATO, 2009), may not be a wholly comparable stylistic benchmark , but there's no mistaking the differing levels of engagement between that work done wholly by the artist himself, and this one, which had its germination in James' jams on his own over the years, before the collaboration with Mills, et, al.

"World's Smiling Now," however, has some real soul even with the same kind of rote backing because the keyboards and guitars shimmer alongside James' straightforward vocals, recalling the largely-misconceived MMJ album Evil Urges (ATO, 2008),which might better have been a solo album as well, "We Ain't Getting Any Younger Pt.1 &2" may betray the roots of this record, as well as James' well-intentioned concept, a bit too directly for its own good: the first instrumental section sounds like the work of an artist experimenting alone in his studio, while the second portion is adorned with words seemingly extemporized on the spot, not any enlightening (or enlightened) extension of the thought within the title.

In contrast, by the time "True Nature" rolls around, some genuine drive arises, emanating largely from the percussion and, not coincidentally, from saxophone work courtesy Charlie Gabriel, of the