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Close-minded people will lump her as an
Alanis or Sheryl clone, or a rich person's Avril, but Lucy Woodward
forges her own distinctive musical attitude. Her sound borders
on funky soul and guitar-based rock music (the latter in the
Michelle Branch vein) which conveys a tough-minded woman whose
sometimes hard bitten experiences in romance provides a sense
of wisdom. That's true of the opening track "Dumb Girls"
("I thought I knew what was going on/But love was deceiving
me") and the funky "Blindsided." Yet she also
comes across as someone who knows what she is getting into like
on the slice-of-life story "Hollywood" and always something;
only a ballad like "Standing" is one of the album's
few reflective moments. But even when she sings of being wronged
or being wrong, Woodward's honeyed delivery sounds assured and
confident. Despite the slick, pure-perfect sheen of this otherwise
gritty album, Woodward stands out on her own as a talent and
not just as a pretty face.
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