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Title: the comforting blend that fans are used to by now
Review: Vonda produces yet another in her stream of highly accomplished stand-alone albums that get no airtime save her exquisite two-second appearances on Ally McBeal. It is a subjective thing of course, but Vonda in my opinion has the sort of voice that is so distinctive, so soothing, that she can get away with rehashing *really* old tunes and making them just seem very, well, very *Vonda* rather than the saggy old covers which they should appear to be.It loses one star for the blatant marketing pitch of slotting in those famous stars who merely wanted the exposure of being on Ally and so went on and sung one of their big ol' favourite numbers. The appearances of Tom Jones with It's Not Unusual, Tina Turner, or Sting with Every Breath You Take are obviously not unpleasant - those artists are very very good by themselves -but they take something away from the feeling of hopeful loneliness that permeates the series and the rest of this album.
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