21.   Belanger has the same effect on Robitaille that a favorite song from yesteryear has on the rest of us.

22.   Branagh concedes that the songs have him a little nervous.

23.   All the songs have lyrics that glorify God.

24.   Almost always my love songs have ironic twists.

25.   Business-wise, the song has had a fascinating, unorthodox climb.

26.   But even his most hopeful songs have a bittersweet undertone, as he wonders whether things will ever go right.

27.   But as the album goes on, too many songs have a sterile sameness.

28.   But such songs have a new champion in Austrian baritone Wolfgang Holzmair, who says they are increasingly relevant in a world of alienation and longing for lost romanticism.

29.   But though the songs have a lot to offer, they get muddied and obscured by too many production gimmicks.

30.   Does the sonnet song have a future?