Editorial Reviews
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There's a
feeling you get when you put on an Anne Murray record, and--apologies
in advance to all you anti-sentimentalists--it's best summarized by the
vocal legend herself in the classic tune "I Just Fall in Love Again."
You can't help yourself; you fall in love. Those who've been listening
along swollen-heartedly since the 1970s know the feeling well, and
those who are about to discover Murray via this duets album and its
handful of younger-skewing songs--the Nelly Furtado team-up on
"Daydream Believer" especially--are going to have a hard time not
submitting. It's the tenderness that hooks you: Murray's deep,
confident voice manages to be maternal without being claustrophobic, an
effect magnified here by expert vocal partners like Carole King,
Emmylou Harris, and Olivia Newton John. The few left-field
choices--Indigo Girls, k.d. lang, a ghostly appearance by Dusty
Springfield--aren't hard-left enough to muck up the mood. And the song
selection doesn't strike a false note either: "Cotton Jenny" sounds as
right on an Anne Murray CD as "You Needed Me." Which means that if you
have a soft spot for Murray at all, even one that's not quite as cushy
as it used to be, you should prepare to be sucked in. It happens every
time, as the song goes. --Tammy La Gorce
