Her work from this period is intriguing and varied. She clearly grew as a vocalist on record and live: her singing during the Heroes period is so much more sophisticated than it is on either Future Games or Bare Trees. By 1974, she learned how to fully exploit her unique voice in a non 12-bar blues format.
I've tried to compile her 71-74 work in one playlist or on one cd. But her songs from each album are so tied to their respective projects. Show Me A Smile, for instance, is not terribly different on paper from, say, Prove Your Love, but the arrangements and production on each song are so different that they don't fit easily side by side. I don't have a problem compiling a Christine playlist from her 1975-82 (0r even 86) material.
Am I making any sense?
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