Smarty-pants!
Here's what I like from IN THE MEANTIME (is that what it's called?):
1. Christine's singing.
2. Christine's songs.
3. Christine's stylish musicianship.
Exactly the same things I liked about her 1984 album.
Here's what I don't like:
1. The style-free musicianship of the others involved.
2. Arrangements that are inchoate or downright inarticulate, with no narrative arc.
Another thing I like about MEANTIME is:
1. Ken Caillat's stylish production.
Unfortunately, none of that on the 1984 album.
What all this means is that Christine's solo albums should be a lot more Christine & a lot less everybody else. Unfortunately, that runs starkly contradistinctively to her personality & inclination.
I bet this is the first post in Ledge history to use the phrase "starkly contradistinctively."
