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Title: Brilliant!
Review: Alice Ripley displays an amazing amount of talent on her debut solo CD. For those familiar with her Broadway work, you can expect the same standard of vocal performance, but do not in any way expect this to be another album of theatre standards. All songs on the record were written by Ripley herself, and all are good. Alice shows incredible insights with her lyrics, and the delivery of the songs-singing and playing guitar- is amazing. A personal favorite of mine is "Suburbia", a song that could have been written as the theme song of my own childhood. Or anybody who grew up in the 'burbs for that matter. Simple, yet insightful and clever. Another personal favorite of mine is "Everything's Fine", a song that describes repeating that ever familiar phrase when things are anything but fine. The lyrics on this one are amazing. "Keeps Her Love" and "Pieces" are also wonderful. But so is the rest of this record. Do yourself a favor and buy Everythings Fine today.
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