The cop-out

Paul McCartney released a new album, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard and is has received some fairly positive reviews, just not from AP's Scott Bauer. (published in Macleans) "While it has much more edge that most of the McCartney's usual lighthearted pap, it doesn't dive into the darker recesses explored by his former bandmate John Lennon." Whenever a legend releases new material it is inevitablely compared to the works that made him great, but this line is a cop-out in a review. I hate cop-outs, I hate it when a movie/book ends with 'it was all a dream' or 'we are all dead.' So I hate it when critics use a cop-out like above.
If Bauer had to use a Lennon vs. McCartney comparison he could've waited at least a couple of lines. I could never pick a favourite between them, because they are so different. Both are/were amazing artists, but did very different things. McCartney was never as politically charged as Lennon, and never will be. So of all the comparisons that can be made I don't see why that would be the one Bauer chose to use. McCartney writes lightheared material, but I think 'pap' is probably an overstatement.
Bauer ends his review with a somewhat positive remark, but it reads like the kind of thing written about someone's sophmore album. "But as he approaches 64, Chaos and Creation gives McCartney fans another reason to still need him. Fans can only hope it's the sign of even better things to come."
The whole review made me angry, and not because it was a lukewarm response to the album, it's poorly written and full of cliches. Lennon's been dead for nearly 25 years and this guy needs to bring up the 'Lennon was better' argument, maybe Lennon would've burnt out or started only recording Yoko's screeches.
(Rant over)