Consumer Guide Album

Timbuk 3: Greetings From Timbuk 3 [I.R.S., 1986]
Pat Macdonald and his wife Barbara K. are outsiders who don't make a big thing of it--not weirdos, really, just observers. Like most satirists they're strongest when they get inside their targets, as with the going-places nuclear science major who sings the hit, but they're capable of a certain sidelong lyricism, and Pat's way with words stays with him even when he's indulging in invective: "Just another jerk taking pride in his work," pretty nasty. The music is basically traditional, not averse to partying r&b licks, but appropriately detached. Also appropriately, Pat and Barbara play and sing every note on the thing. A−