If you haven't figured it out from the album's title, the song titles,or even the band's name, The Green Album is a pro-weed album from agingcottage industry insiders known as the Kottonmouth Kings. These agingstoners, slackers, plus one freaky guy who looks like a bandanna mummywill take their bongs and skateboards all the way to old age home.While their loyal fan base of suburban rebels never seem to notice,each release -- and there are many -- finds them a bit more out oftouch with what's happening in the rest of the music world. Toleratetheir 1995 sound and it's clever how "Pack Your Bowls" turns the phraseinto a laid-back, country-fried travel song, and the weed friendlyladies will find "Sex Toy" the ultimate love song for that little guyin that drawer by the bed.

Unfortunately there are many more examples of when the ideas dry up,and the unfunky rock-rap music, plus the equally clichéd flow for theraps, just aren't enough. Even if there's an underlying "climatechange" theme that's a subject way out of the band's reach, therallying of the troops for something positive this time saves the albumfrom being a completely shameful and redundant cash-in.