Rating: 4/5
Review:
Lovely sound, but a bit samey
I was looking forward to this album very much. The three fine
singers do make a lovely sound together, but overall I found it a bit
disappointing.
There is much to
like here. Judie Tzuke, Beverley Craven and Julia Fordham are all
very good singers and songwriters and they do sound beautiful
throughout the album, with lovely harmonies and skilful controlled
singing so that their voices blend together very well. The album
closes with a fabulous version of Judie’s For You, which transfixed
me when I first bought Welcome To The Cruise almost 40 years ago and
which I have loved ever since. But…
I’m not that keen
on the way that the material combines. Each song is good in its way
(and Safe is very good indeed), but there’s rather a sameness about
them; they are either about heartbreak of one kind or another or a
bit sentimental, so that the whole thing gets just a bit cloying
after a while and I could have done with more variety to make it a
really successful album.
I don’t mean to
carp: Woman To Woman shows some fine work by three really good
artists whose work I like and admire. It’s just that, compared
with other recent albums by female singer-songwriter trios, like
Applewood Road or I’m With Her, I don’t think it has the same
impact. Three stars would be very churlish, but I’m sad to say
that I can only give this a rather qualified recommendation.
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