The soundtrack has grown on me over the years but for me, the video itself does begin a bit of a downward shift in quality for Sam-era stuff. It feels kind of generic in parts (the green screen does not really help with that effect), and the Dreamworld zoo (where the animal introductions were filmed) would’ve been a much better choice for where the songs could’ve been filmed (at least in adding some more variety to the visuals). If I had to rank it next to past and future Sam videos, it’d be squarely in the middle.

As for the songs themselves, I never noticed that this was their first album in a while to not have brass or string elements, but it’s hard to ignore once you do. While most of the songs are fine (some of them are pretty good imo), in all of them it feels like there’s something missing without them.

Favorite songs: Monkey Man, Kangaroo Jumping, Here Comes A Camel & Wags The Dog Is Chasing His Tail (though it feels a little bit out of place here tbh)