Rexorcist I don't hear a lot of jazz albums that I legitimately don't like. I mean, it's absolutely rate. But if you're to better yourself as a reviewer, don't be afraid of low quality. Tarantino himself admitted that watching bad movies taught him what not to do when making good ones. So with the first three Albare albums I hear, Acid Love, What Goes Around and Midnight Blues all being disappointing, if I can get my ears on an Albare album no matter how rare it is, I'll be up on it. The fourth of these is Long Way.

Long Way sees Albare do something he had never done before: focus on the music rather than dork around. With so many unfocused compositions defining his early career, this is a massive step forward. The title track and Eagle's Way in particular are surprisingly consistent, and feature some REAL jazz among the smoothness of this newfound genre he's chosen. I actually kind of enjoyed the first half. Of course, as soon as side B starts, I got really bored. it feels like it's trying to be an avant-garde piece that fits comfortably with the fusion of the entire first half, but ultimately fails. It's far too random and dull, like the entirety of Albare's album Midnight Blues. Thankfully, this issue seems to be fixed as soon as You Make Me Smile comes on, and we go back to that soft blend of smooth, fusion and cool jazz, and with the occasional if not faint Latin touch.

Albare finally grew up. This album would show a lot of promise for the future, assuming he actually did improve again after this. Albare, probably the worst jazz musician I've been exposed to thus far, finally did something likable. It;s kinda cool, nice and soft and doesn't flaunt anything while not being underwhelming or lacking in any form of rhythm.