"Have you any theory about this occurrence to-night?" She watched him eagerly as she asked the question.
He made a gesture of bafflement.
"None whatever—it's beyond me," he confessed.

The error here is to confuse British composure with the appearance of bafflement, embarrassment and reserve.

The cartoon characters on the front cover, the irritatingly meaningless track names . . . make it seem like a concept album about global warming for kids. Since the lyrics remain a bafflement, it might well be.

Bafflement

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