I let this one play through twice as I was taking care of address changes and surfing Pinterest to sigh at the food (no kitchen means I weep a bit at pictures of creamy soups and drippy crockpot BBQs). At first I wasn't terribly impressed, but by the second listen I was hooked to Raitt's lovely voice. This was a record that seemed to have a more appealing second half than first, as well. It started with a surprising New Orleans-style big band sound but mellowed out. I liked the more soulful, less twangy/bluesy songs like "Been Too Long at the Fair," the ones that made her seems bit like a country Carole King.
Rating: 6.5/10
Will listen to: On quiet nights or lazy summer afternoons.
Favorite Songs: "Been Too Long at the Fair," "You Got To Know How," "Love Has No Pride"
Notes
- I will always be biased in favor of redheads. Well, except for Carrot Top (shudder). Bonnie Raitt still looks fabulous.
- "Nothing Seems to Matter" has some strange melodic parallels with Rod Stewart's "Maggie May." (Listen to the lines, " A time to think you said that night/And I lied and said all right" and then " All you did was wreck my bed/And in the morning kick me in the head") It also would have been much better without the saxophone (sorry Reid).
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