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Title: Disappointing
Review: It's been three long years of waiting for Alison to release a new album. This collection of songs, with very few exceptions, is mawkish, saccharine rubbish.Away Down The River, Sawing on the Strings and Missing You are about the only high points on an album of godawful Disney covers ('Baby Mine' from Dumbo), and schmaltzy, over countrified pop ('Simple Love'). Alison, at her godlike best, is heartbreakingly bleak and wonderfully thought out. This hastily thrown together mush is a huge let down for her legions of fans.Bring on her next release with Union Station, and if this is your first introduction to the Queen of Bluegrass, don't let this huge mis-step put you off, you'd be missing a lot. Check out So Long, So Wrong and her Live Album, or if it's solo work you're after the stately 'Forget About It' to get a true taste of this amazing talent, before she sold out. Let's hope its not permanent.
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