I know…when creating titles is this easy it almost takes the fun out of it.
To be honest, this most recent effort from Toad the Wet Sprocket front man Glen Phillips 
is not a bad album. Very listenable over all, with a few very good tracks. But it left me a little disappointed. Probably because of his first two albums showed such creativity both musically and lyrically, and Mr. Lemons 
just doesn’t.
The 11-song album is predominately medium-slow acoustic ballads any of which taken on their own would probably be a fine track on either of Phillips previous solo efforts, abulum or Winter Pays for Summer , but collectively they become a bit indistinguishable and slightly monotonous.
The album is not without a few stand outs, primarily the up-beat “Thank You” and a great cover of Huey Lewis’s “I Want a New Drug.” And Phillips picks up the pace a bit towards the end, with “Didn’t Think You Cared” and “The Next Day.” Any Phillips fan will still want to pick up a copy. Mixed up as part of a Toad / Phillips compilation all the tracks will stand up fine. Unfortunately, collectively the album comes up short.
Luckily that matters a lot less than it used to in an iTunes / iPod world.
P.S. Phillips is out on the road on some solo dates and then with Toad the Wet Sprocket on a number of reunion dates over the summer. I highly recommend checking out either option.