Negative Positive
Title: Cheesy keyboards and a programmed drum machine...
Review: Cyndi's voice sounds terrific on this album but it's surrounded by really cheesy keyboards and a programmed drum machine. It sounds very `80's and very dated. Her voice deserves to be heard with real instruments that sound much warmer such as on the one song on here that stands the test of time..."True Colors". The only other song that's worth owning here is her cover of "What's Going On?" Even Iko Iko is pretty weak. Cyndi does have a pretty impressive array of guest musicians helping out here...The Bangles, Nile Rodgers, Billy Joel, Ellie Greenwich, Rick Derringer, Aimee Mann and guitar god Adrian Belew plays the lead guitar on "What's Going On?" She even has the immortal Pee Wee Herman playing the Operator on the song "911"! I would love to hear her remake many of these songs minus the electronics
Is the review positive or negative? 