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Title: It has historical value, but...
Review: this really is not Donna's best work. I can see why she cringes when she hears this now. While I dig the title track (hell, who doesen't?), this album is not very strong overall. You can tell Donna and her producers were still tweaking her sound (which would materialize on "A Love Trilogy" the following year) and trying to establish her as an artist. But "Need A Man Bules" is just unlistenable, while "Full of Emptiness" and "Whispering Waves" are just average. Her voice is high and lovely, but you can tell she holding back. I really liked "Pandora's Box" because you get to hear Donna flex those pipes the way she does on her later work. Since this is the album that really got the disco ball spinning, it is worth having in your collection, but as an album it is just average. For a better picture of Donna, check out "Four Seasons of Love," "Live & More" or "Bad Girls," among others.
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