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Title: Good, but not Bring the Family brilliant
Review: This is a good CD, if not as good as Hiatt's previous release under his own name, the brilliant Bring the Family. I have never liked the first few songs on this CD all that much, finding them too loose, jangly and happy-sounding to my liking. I much prefer the emotive ballads like Icy Blue Heart and Feels Like Rain, and the harder rock of Ride Along and Paper Thin, probably because they are more like the songs on Bring the Family. Hiatt being happy and light-hearted doesn't really work for me. Having said that, this CD is still well worth a listen and a must for Hiatt fans. As is always the case with him the musicians Hiatt gathered for the recording cannot be faulted, and Hiatt's voice is magical- it sounds like the voice of a man who has suffered, but has found inner peace, which is indeed the case with him.
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