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Title: I love Barbra but this stinks
Review: Barbra is fabulous no doubt about it, however its clear to the listener that this was her first major concert in 20 years, because she sounds totally unprepared for it. She cant hold any of her long notes without screeching them, or merely cutting them short. Her breathing is irregular even with teh first number she sounds out of breath. Her nervousness makes her voice wavery, and her high notes thin. I mean Barbra, the ultimate perfectionist, even hits some flat notes, it was shocking she NEVER hits flat notes. The only moderately good cuts were Somewhere over the rainbow, send in the clowns and People, but only because those songs didnt require any heft. All the songs that required some effort she manages to blow. If you want to her real concert magic buy "Barbra: The Concert Live from Madison Square Garden", its absolute brilliance and shows how many of the songs on this album should have been performed.
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