Title: A Big Disappointment
Product review: I love Maura's voice and so it's a great disappointment to hear that glorious instrument wasted on the bland songs and rote arrangements of "Walls and Windows." Especially since I was prepared by Maura herself to expect great things -- she said she had been inspired by Lucinda Williams's "Car Wheels" album and wanted to capture that sound. Well, she certainly did not capture the rootsy sound of "Car Wheels." But I wouldn't have minded, because it's her wonderful way with a song, and her great taste in selecting them that's always been her strongest suit. But the songs here are all unmemorable, some of them just plain bad, except for a 35-year-old tune by Van Morrison, and even here she's not allowed to really stretch out. I can't imagine where she sees the "edge" in these songs. There isn't any edge here. Hate to say it, but I'm going to tape "Crazy Love" and then sell this album.
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