How Does Your Garden Grow by Better Than Ezra (CD, Aug-1998, Elektra Entertainment)

I was a little worried at first listen to the songs when the album started because there was a little bit of electronica on one of the tunes which was different but it really surprised me as an album..i originally bought it because of the song "at the stars" which i loved and i had liked prior albums "deluxe" and "friction baby" and especially tunes like "desperately wanting" "king of new orleans" "good" "in the blood" and others...Better than ezra is a great band but not being from louisiana the tinges of their surroundings influence on their music kinda makes their music slightly eclectic but it definitely grows on you they definitely have talent and are definitely distinctive and unique and their songs melodic and well written and i would love to see them live...i really enjoy the cd and am glad to have purchased it...it would be great if more bands today adhered to the standards of writing that Better then Ezra did and actually made music that lyrically said something as opposed to the emo/death metal passive aggressive weirdness of today no offense to Deathcab for Cutie who are one of the few bands who do aspire to and reach greatness..