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How Sweet It Is shows Osborne's strength as an interpreter far more than her already-established singing talent.
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How Sweet It Is is a rare example of an album of covers that doesn't sound like a holding action, and makes clear Joan Osborne is still an artist well worth watching.
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What saves her from getting HACK stamped across her forehead is how she chooses to approach the material, meaning she's turned down the notch a couple decibels for the duration of the trip.
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UncutShe's a brilliant reinterpreter and sounds far happier in Raitt territory than she ever did as a Morissette clone. [Feb 2003, p.84]
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Only a singer of Osborne's caliber could pull this off; she's in complete control of her powerful pipes.
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Q MagazineWhile no disaster, the enterprise does smack of Vonda Shepard's coffee shop warbling. [Jan 2003, p.121]
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MojoAnother stirring record. [Feb 2003, p.88]
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BlenderOsborne clearly believes that her love for this material gives her the right to make it her own--which she does, convincingly. [#10, p.125]