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Title: This is a mess
Review: I am a Barbra Streisand fan, not fanatic, but fan. I enjoy her music and movies, but find this album confusing. There are too many different producers all doing different styles of songs. There is no continuity to this album. There is a John Mellencamp tune, "you are a step in the right direction" that was totally in the wrong direction of the album. "When I dream" is so lush that you almost fall asleep, but it is so bad that you don't. That being said, this is Streiand and there are also some good tracks on the album as well. Jim Steinman's "Left in the Dark again" and the Kim Carnes written and duet partner on "Make no Mistake, He's Mine" are both wonderful songs. The rest of the album is simply stuff we've heard before, not bad, not memorable. Which is sad for an artist like Streisand. Fortunately, she rebounded with "The Broadway Album" a couple of years later.
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