As it is, I thought the review was quite generous considering the fact that the reviewer was clearly having problems with the record in question. And this is nothing to do with ignorance. Music transcends knowledge and background – it’s why it’s so popular. This just comes down to personal opinions, and feelings which are to be considered and treated as such. If these opinions and feeligns disagree with your own opinions and feelings, then that is the nature of art, surely, and perhaps this even says something about our differences as human beings.

Interesting that you bring nationality into it. You should be pleased that C&W reaches across national borders. I mean America has to export something during these hard times. Anyway, I think it’s healthy that we have these differences – they are to be celebrated rather than used as a source of hurt. So someone, somewhere doesn’t like a record. And someone, somewhere else, does like a record. Why get so mad about it? It’s not like you made the record. And even then, doesn’t the Good Lord tell us to take the rough with the smooth? Well, no, He doesn’t, but He should, because more people would listen to Him if he did. In summary: don’t be so precious and turn the other cheek, Elisa.