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Title: Poor production
Review: I couldn't agree more with the review by Richard Roberts - that the arrangements are cheesy, sounding just like he said "bad 80's synthesizer" (for a similar effect, listen to "Dionne Warwicke Sings Cole Porter"), but I have to disagree with him regarding Juile's voice: it's not that her voice is in bad shape, though it's certainly not as supple as you're used to it being, it's just that the arrangements are WRETCHED, and some song choices (Big Mistake: "Nobody Does It Better"), are ill-matched to her voice and her style. She's simply NOT the singer to interpret modern songs, though she's game. I also wonder why someone, anyone, didn't bring it to her, or someone else's, attention that a few notes were...well...off. I know this album was hardly an expensive, lavish production but shouldn't someone protect an artist from making mistakes like this? Anyway you slice it, this is pretty bad.
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