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Title: Are we listening to the same Tori?
Review: Mysteriously, I seem to be the only one aware of what a complete disappointment this album is. It seems that having confronted her demons and found happiness, Tori's creativity has expired. I'm not one of those fans who expects every album to be a copy of Little Earthquakes; I enjoyed the "sui generis" direction she took--up to Strange Little Girls, which album we can all agree was a disaster. And she's never recovered. This album is nothing but Lite 97.7, especially the Muzak-scented "Sleeps With Butterflies." There's no passion, no originality, no remarkable notes at all in the whole soundscape. Tori started out playing in hotel bars, and with this album, she sounds like she still is.
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