So Garfield is lazing by his bowl when he is awakened by the smell of layered pasta. Jon is getting ready for a date and Odie is sitting a little too close to the edge of the counter. It’s a quiet night, a Monday (the worst!). Date calls and cancels just as Garfield is getting ready for the punt. Jon’s compounded anger over the cat’s act and frustration about another botched date will become Garfield’s finest moment, for the millionth time since 1978. This album begins with a whispered track called, “I’m Not Afraid To Say, ‘Hope, Passion, Love'” and it kind of sounds like Garfield. (Ashley Carter)
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