This is the weirdest review I'm ever going to write, but I don't know how else to express how bizarre I find this album to be. Todd and his Monsters have been around for a long time, their body of work has been met with critical success as well as apathy: and their commercial performance has mirrored this as well.

Todd Park Mohr pretty much is the Big Head and the Monsters and the kitchen sink. He plays all of the instruments (more or less) as well as writing and singing all the songs. And though there certainly are some pretty good songs on Crimes of Passion it's as schitzophrenic and derivitive an album as I've ever heard. Some albums are heralded for their variety by some, and disparaged for "not knowing what kind of album it wants to be" by others. This album is closer to the latter, but more accurately Crimes of Passion doesn't know "who" it wants to be.
Here's my track by track account, trust me on this one:
1. Eric Clapton
2. Ryan Adams
3. Clapton with special guest Mark Knopfler
4. Ryan Adams
5. Clapton with special guest Doyle Bramhall
6. Mark Knopfler
7. Eric Clapton
8. Joe Henry
9. Joe Henry produced by Phil Spectre
10. Joe Henry with special guest Ryan Adams
11. Bob Dylan with special guest Neil Young

Most of these tunes sound alright standing on their own, but the above-mentioned playlist isn't a reflection of influences, these are dead-on impressions. I'm going to give it a 2 1/2, because the Ryan Adams and Joe Henry songs are better than the Clapton and Knopfler tunes.