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Title: SHOULD HAVE WAITED LONGER
Review: Classic second-album mistakes. After such a terrific debut, Ms. Earle ought to have waited longer; much of this disc, while OK, could be outtakes from the first. She's a better writer and could evem do better with well-chosen covers. Worse, the disc both lacks the purity of production of "Simple Gearle" and displays in at least two instances another classic second-disc problem: never, but never, let artists into the control room or they will start using production effects (dub, maxi-reverb) on their songs. Singer-soulmates Iris DeMent and Gillian Welch both waited forever to deliver second discs, with great results. Ms. Earle could better have watched them, and emulated.Now, the pressure will be on to do a great third or she'll be a lifetime coffee-house hit. Wish her luck.
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