ROBERT FINLEY-AGE DON'T MEAN A THING

This 2016 offering from the r & b singer who has found notoriety late in life is something I want to like, but just can't.

On the plus side, this is an album of real rhythm and blues, not some poppy synthesized instruments.

However, the album is just two cliche. The nine tracks hardly say anything many r & b artists, and, indeed, many pop singers, haven't said before. "Snake in the Grass" and "Is It Possible to Love Two People?" are sort of exceptions but they don't do enough to lift up the album. The title track makes an interesting point lyrically but this doesn't come till the song is literally fading out. "Come On", the only really peppy cut, is good but this is because it rips off the sound of James Brown's best upbeat stuff.

While not an entirely bad listening experience, "Age Don't Mean a Thing" isn't any you can call worthwhile, either.