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Well, I braved the mall Saturday and bought "Union", the Toni Childs
debut CD for, as advertised, $7.98. Unfortunately it wasn't marked
such, the register called up $11.98 but the checker had bought one
the night before so charged me only the $7.98.....
As for the music, after a pair of listens, I would plop it into
the modern singer/songwriter school, where the Martin D45 has been
replaced by a Fairlight. Toni's voice is a deep alto, reminiscent
of Kathi McDonald (to me) and Joan Armatrading (to my wife). The
songs are mostly love songs, although there is a nice song about
Zimbabawe.
In fact that song, "Zimbabwe", and two other tracks "Let The Rain
Come Down" (did this get issued as a single?) and "Where's The Ocean"
caught my ear immediately while the rest of the album, while pleasant,
didn't jump out. We'll see in time how it fares.
The production is very even, particularly since this was recorded
in over a half dozen studios around the world, including some sessions
in Africa (!!!) with some nice "Graceland"-like backing vocals.
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