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Title: The "next step" after Bad Girls...
Review: Let's face it, anything Donna put out after Bad Girls would have been seen as a letdown. That taken into account, this album is better than 90% of her fans (myself probably included) would have expected. No doubt it helps that Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte stayed with her when she made the move from Casablanca to Geffen. They probably realised that disco was evolving, if not completely dead, and accordingly came up with a reinvented Donna for the '80s. The album is eminently listenable, and even has a few near-great songs on it (The Wanderer, Running For Cover, and Cold Love come readily to mind). The only song on the album that really makes me cringe a little bit is the finale, I Believe in Jesus. It really doesn't fit with the rest of the album. Even so, the album as a whole is better than its reputation. You won't be disappointed, especially if you can get it at a decent price.
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