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Review title: The "Essence" is missing...
Product review: Melissa Manchester is truly a gifted singer, songwriter and song-interpreter (check out her "Tribute" album), but, for most of this CD, you'd never really know it. Basically, the songs just don't captivate; they don't stay with you either musically or lyrically. The CD's first three tracks do little to whet the appetite for more. A couple of standoudts include "Home To Myself," and "Through The Eyes of Grace," the latter being a thoughtful examination of a long-since-faltered marriage. Beyond these cuts and a sprinkling of others already found on her original "Greatest Hits" outing, there's not much to recommend. Gives you a clue as to why she only had three top-10 hits at Arista.
