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| n/a by Rolling Stone |
Melissa Etheridge finds both a depth and an ease that eluded her on previous releases. |
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| n/a by www.boston.com |
It's been a trying but triumphant past few years for Melissa Etheridge. Her celebratory new album reflects those times with some of her most compelling songwriting in years (particularly 'Map of the Stars') cast in her usual power-rock framework. |
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| n/a by www.ew.com |
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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| n/a by www.latimes.com |
Toning down the sonic drama creates an appealing intimacy, but an hour's worth of blues- and folk-flavored ballads becomes monotonous. |
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