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Originally Posted by mitzo
The album suffers from "dead vocal syndrome," in which Stevie sings in an even tone in a low register, likely due to her vocal coaching that started around the time of The Dance. It is obvious on Planets of the Universe especially, in which a fantastic song and a great arrangement are pulled down by Stevie groaning from her bootstraps. The singing register seems far too low. Later on Say You Will we get it too, especially on the title track. Sometimes clever arrangements help boost her, as in Destiny Rules or I Miss You. She does it again on later recordings too, see for example For What It's Worth or The Dealer.
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I agree with everything you said. I would prefer the klonopin vocals compared to TISL. But I would just add the music is very dull except for a few tracks. If you stripped all the vocals on the music the album would still be very dull. That's not the case on Street Angel and even OSOTM.