The "promo" money spent on teh Cowsills already is paying handsome dividends, but the group's redeeming grace merely is that they're good looking people. Cowsill children within range of a wide angle lens, and you've got a photograph of the proverbial all-American family. Which makes for nice album covers, but not necessarily nice albums. At least, that's the way "The Cowsills" strikes these ears. There's not a worthwhile cut among the clutter, including "The Rain, the Park and Othing Things," "Pennies," "River Blue" and "Troubled Roses."
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