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Title: Insipid & Disappointing
Review: This album was especially disappointing since I have been a Streisand fan for many years. I still recall how electrifying her early albums were in the 60s. I played them so much I wore them out. On this album Barbara gives a lackluster performance. She goes through the motions but any emotion is gone. One gets the sense that she is just doing a job to make money and all the passion and love for her work are gone. She just does not get into the songs the way she did when she was younger. This current album is all technique but the spark is gone. It actually sounds more like elevator music than something you would intentionally listen to. The arrangements are insipid and she seems to misunderstand the meaning of the lyrics. The selection from West Side Story comes across like an upbeat children's lullaby. Barbara is just out of synch with the composers' intentions. In this album she blew it and the whole experience is disappointing.
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