The New York Post dubbed it "a pop drivel vanity project that has no relation to anything the legendary producer has ever helped craft" and said that Phil's music is now as criminal as he is.

《纽约邮报》称它是“流行音乐中的垃圾，纯属形象工程，我们难以从中看出这位传奇音乐人的制作水平有任何提高。”

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Whenever I hear that a friend has begun the trying process of trying, or is considering attempting what I like to call The Ultimate Vanity Project, I often follow up by asking them, "Why?"

无论何时我听见我的朋友开始艰难的尝试或打算尝试被我称之为“无由计划”的行为（作者在此的意思就是这些行为动机不明确）时，我常常会问他们，“你为什么要这么做呢？”

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They are, depending on your perspective, either pursuing the ultimate vanity project or are on the forefront of a new age of exploration that harkens back to the great adventurers of centuries past when men (and they were nearly all men) ventured into the vast blank spots on the world map.

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The Liberal Democrat group said the contribution had been "little more than a vanity project" for the Tory group.

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Aside from its inexcusable length, this is a solid piece of filmmaking, not just the work of an actor who's generated enough power to get a vanity project off the ground.

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