Audio CD review:
Christine Lavin - Folkzinger

Christine Lavin - Folkzinger

Band: Christine Lavin Title: Folkzinger Rating: Release Date: 20 September, 2005 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Armageddon 2: Happiness Runs 3: The Bends 4: Winter in Manhattan 5: Moken Spoken Here 6: Chicken Soup 7: Bad Girl Dreams 8: All My Lovin' 9: One of the Boys 10: The Peter Principle At Work 11: (I'm a) Card-Carrying Bleeding Heart Liberal 12: Surprise 13: Winter in Manhattan (sung by The Accidentals)

Customer Review Not her best, nor her worst...longtime fans will want it... I think both those discs appeal more to women than to men of 61 (but a really recent 61!) like me. Overall, I guess I am a little disappointed in this new release, which, like her recent "I'm in Love with a Difficult Man" CD, has no really outstanding track that I wanted to hear many times. About half of this is pleasant enough, or funny enough, or thought-provoking enough to justify owning it. However, the "bleeding heart liberal" song seemed a bit childish, frankly, to these "moderate Democratic" ears. And I think one version of "Winter in Manhattan" was enough. Christine's earlier releases were uneven, but the brilliant tracks made up for the not-well-realized song efforts. In recent years, her CD's have been more consistent, but less compelling. I'd give this 3-and-a-half stars if Amazon would allow it. I love Christine, but there are better songs on other CD's, and if I were introducing a friend to her work for the first time, I'd play the best tracks on her earlier efforts first. Read the reviews and listen to the samples of all 17 of her products, and then pick the one that seems to suit your age, gender and musical tastes. . . You can see a complete list of all Christine Lavin discography, or go back to the Christine Lavin tabs