Title: The Teng Dynasty Stumbles....
Product review: There's nothing particularly wrong with Vienna Teng's third album, but that's not to say that there's anything special about it either. What made here an instant hit, in my mind, is what she has abandoned to produce this sleek release: her scaled-down, straightforward, home-made style of music that managed to tug at your heartstrings."Dreaming Through The Noise" is well-produced, melodic and full of wonderful guest musicians who take up quite a bit of the total content of the CD. Vienna's magic lies in her extraordinary voice and honest lyrics. She is ironically surrounded by too much Noise in this album for her true gifts to come forward, and she ends up coming across like any number of other singers out there: catchy and unobtrusive but ultimately bland.No disrespect is meant to her in this, as she is a brilliant singer with a great story, but my feeling is that this release isn't her best work.
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