In the Meantime is a good album. My favourite tune is clearly the album's closer "Givin' It Back", because of the vocal arrangement.
Runners-up are "Sweet Revenge", the only song that comes across as "bubble gum pop" (the album could have used some more bubble gum melodies), "Forgiveness", which finds Chris in blues band mode (more of that and her piano would have been very enjoyable, too) and "Bad Journey" with its perfect bridge.
"Friend", the leadoff track, is a good one, too, but it's here that I miss Lindsey's arranging skills and Mick's tasty drumming the most because it sounds like solo Christine, but that's what it should be, shouldn't it?
Her vocals are always top, but to this listener, the album suffers from too much funk guitar and too less piano. Still, it's a good record.
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