I know I say this kind of stuff often, and you’re thinking “Didn’t you already have a best CD of 2003?” Well no, I don’t think I did, and if I did I was wrong because this is the best CD of 2003. You’re going to have to trust me on this. Annie Lennox’s Bare.
Mr. Dump says he doesn’t like her voice but I’m thinking the songs, the arrangements (oh my God, the arrangements), etc., can make a fan out of anyone. It’s got that whole hot summer night jazzy eel to it. I think it would make a lovely background CD for a romantic dinner too. I’m just not enough of a music reviewer to give you brilliant insights as to exactly why this is such an amazing CD, I can only say that I bought it because someone on a mailing list I’m on said it was incredible, and I saw it on sale and decided to buy it. Holy Cow. I wish I could write songs like this.
And yes, there are songs I’m not as crazy about. The last one could have been cut, but the first 7 are so fantastic you can forgive her. I just wanted to be honest about it.
