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Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum
Just looking back at tabrun’s comment about Christine being the weakest writer on Tusk….omg!!!!
Brown Eyes, Over and Over, Think About Me, Never Forget, Honey Hi….all gorgeous songs. Even Never Make Me Cry was sweet, if a little under-cooked.
I certainly wouldn’t consider her contributions to be inferior to Lindsey’s.
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Her Tusk songs are excellent. The reason some people think they’re “weaker” is because of (Lindsey’s) decision to pare back on arrangements and create a spacier, sparer sound. Christine and Stevie get one really lush tune each: Sara and Brown Eyes—and according to Ken, a lot of the work for Sara was accomplished by Hernán Rojas. The rest of their tunes sound by turns raunchier (Think About Me, Angel, Sisters) and ultra spare (Storms, Never Make Me Cry).
It’s clear, to my ears at least, and through my study of the songs through sheet music, that Never Forget, Think About Me, Over and Over, and Honey Hi (to pick just four, though all six would work) are entirely comparable to Christine’s Mirage songs. The only difference are the arrangements. And in the case of Never Forget, in terms of craft, the tune ranks pretty high in her overall catalogue.
I have said nothing so far about her voice, which was flawless on Tusk. A pure and potent alto…