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When listening to and thinking about "More Is Not The Answer" by Eric Hirshberg I am always reminded of modern technology versus how things used to be made to last.  Look at something that seemingly most people have such as a computer.  Wouldn't it be nice if you could buy one computer, continue to update it and never need another one.  But eventually, the technology becomes obsolete and this forces you to buy a new one, keeping the computer companies in business.  What's more interesting is how this album cover features a phone and we have people buying the new iPhone just because it's trendy when their current model is still fine.  That's the sort of waste I think of this album being about. A lot of these songs were released prior to this album as singles, so if you've been paying attention you can now hear them fit into place.  It's that bass line and almost new wave sound mixed with big percussion.  The titular track feels so ominous, but also ...