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Originally Posted by KarmaContestant
Good songs though they may be, Christine's essence is completely swallowed up by Lindsey's when they work together.
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Sometimes, Lindsey intrudes too much upon her songs, but that's usually because she lets him. Think About Me is a prime example, as is Isn't It Midnight. Both songs work really well, but I can see his footprints all over them. The demo of Think About Me features her original vocal--and it's superior to the finished result, where she's washed out by his loud voice. On Isn't It Midnight, he appears to have run her voice through some sort of pitch-raiser, "mucked about with it" as Christine would say (circa the ITM interviews). But, overall, his creative energy has often given her songs added strength. In demo, Hold Me is a very well-crafted tune that she has fully worked out. But the changes he made to it in the final arrangement turned a good tune into a wallop of a hit. His guitar work on Temporary One is very good--and it doesn't overwhelm or disguise the excellence of her vocal. One need only look at how bloated and washed out some of Christine's songs sound on Behind the Mask to see that her work with Greg Lindani (sp?) is equally generous--and not always to the best effect. On that record, only Save Me and the title track approach what the songs deserve. On the other hand, Patrick Leonard, the producer on Love Shines and Heart of Stone, knows exactly what to do with her songs. And Hollywood from Time is among the band's best--I think.