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5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant, but not their best!, May 20 2004
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This review is from: Love Over and Over (Audio CD)
This album is another majestic offering from Kate & Anna, which combines upbeat, catchy tunes like Move Over Moon and Love Over & Over, with soulful, aching ballads such as I Cried For Us and Jesus Lifeline. For me the standout tracks are Sun,Son and On My Way to Town (both these are also found in the magnificent French Record, the latter being a translation and the former totally remodelled on this version), though there are no bad tracks. It is unfortunate, though, that so little emphasis is placed on the musical side of things in this album, and I have to say that Talk To Mo Of Mendocino remains my favourite McGarrigle track. However, this is a great album, and a good introduction to the McGarrigles. Nice to see some new French material in the form of Tu Vas M'Accompagner, too.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Lovely example of why the McGarrigles are among the greats, Feb 6 2003
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This review is from: Love Over and Over (Audio CD)
Surprised to notice that this was rating just 3 and a half stars. It turns out that previous reviewers (only two of them) have both praised the recording highly, only to then give it a lukewarm rating. Anyway, there are many glorious things to be found here, particularly the first four tracks ('move over moon', 'sun son', 'i cried for us', 'love over and over') and the sublime 'on my way to town'. It is, of course, incontestably a 5-star recording, even in this expanded version (the final two songs did not originally belong here, and they don't quite fit). So there you go ... now it's averaging 4 stars, which is slightly closer to the mark.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Soulful, funky & attuned, Dec 23 1999
This review is from: Love Over and Over (Audio CD)
Great songwriting once again is the striking feature of this album; Anna especially opting for a more soulful approach in her songs. The McGarrigles exude cleverness and sensitivity with a sharp & attuned manner of expression. From a songwriting point of view the album gets 5/5 but the production lets it down a little. The clarity and natural shine of Joe Boyd/John Wood' production & engineering which so graced the first two albums is sorely lacking here...the arrangements are a little cluttered and bottom heavy, the vocals aren't particularly made to stand out....the overall effect is a somewhat dated and a touch cheesy which is dissapointing considering the first-class songwriting. Nonetheless this is a must for any McGarrigle fan, Kate's 'I Cried for us' is possibly the standout track, radiance & majesty personified in song.
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