Believe Me and Just Crazy Love for sure. These are tight, well-executed pop tunes with above-average melodies. LB could have helped her lift them from good to great by giving them more imaginative arrangements. I feel this way about half of her 1984 solo album, too.
I don’t feel this way about her Penguin songs. They sound right just as they are. Earthy and organic with some sparkling slide guitar.
Come a Little Bit Closer is a gorgeous song with a terrible arrangement. Those overblown drums, that are string ensemble, egads. If it was pared down to a simple piano and guitar, it would be far more moving.
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