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- Summary: The onetime budding star (you remember "One Of Us," right?) returns with an album of covers of classic soul and R&B tunes from the 1960s and 70s.
- Record Label: Compendia
- Genre(s): Rock, Adult Alternative
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Top Track
| I'll Be Around | |
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| This, is our fork in the road Love's last episode There's nowhere to go, oh no You made your choice, now it's up to me To bow out gracefully Though... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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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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MojoAnother stirring record. [Feb 2003, p.88]
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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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Only a singer of Osborne's caliber could pull this off; she's in complete control of her powerful pipes.
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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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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]
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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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