The problem with this record, then, is that Apple is such a force of nature that I resented the intrusion of so many instruments. Many of the arrangements are too glossy and, frankly, feel as if the producer assumes everyone who's listening to this record has ADD. Lush with Broadway showtune tinsel, the background music would probably be emotional within the realm of the stage; but when a singer has a voice as powerful as Apple's, LET HER SHOW IT OFF. "Used to Love Him" is a key example of this: Apple's voice sounds as if she's a 1930's night club singer, but the carnivalesque music is just so damn distracting that I'm compelled to start a website begging for someone to free Fiona from the horrors of overproduced records.
Reviewed by Megan Giddings
This review is also posted on The Modern Pea Pod.
Article comments
1 - John
Clue - Fiona writes the music too, and is very fond of her band and the sound they present.