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Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings
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MattD.Oct 26, 2007Somewhat disappointing musically, but it has many very poignant and powerful lyrics. Some of the political stuff here might sway the more hardened conservatives. If you like the rocky Melissa, listen to it first, but others should find it a fine addition to her catalog.
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CoreySOct 23, 2007
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It's interesting that while so many of these songs are peppered with faux-mystical approaches to spirituality, the album is also confessional and looks hard at itself, even if at times it seems cloying, self-indulgent, and preachy.
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Her ninth LP's title sounds like a promise to expand on that MO, yet the first few tracks find Etheridge wasting her weather-beaten voice on bland lyrics and arrangements. Thankfully, she redeems the disc with a closing clutch of passionate antiwar declarations that let her play her firebrand persona to the hilt.
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Toning down the sonic drama creates an appealing intimacy, but an hour's worth of blues- and folk-flavored ballads becomes monotonous.