Thread: If you had to pick just ONE from 'BTM'?
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Old 07-21-2010, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by louielouie2000 View Post
Freedom! It ROCKS!

Save Me and Behind The Mask are definitely close runners up, though.

I've always found the mixture of the quality of songs on BTM to be quite intriguing. Everything seems to be really great, or gawd-awful turds. There's like no middle ground at all. For instance, I feel Stevie contributes one of the strongest songs of the album, (Freedom), while also bringing to the table what are arguably the album's worst songs. The same goes for the production on this album. While universally heavy-handed... that actually works in Christine's favor on Behind The Mask, while I think In The Back Of My Mind sounds utterly cheesy and over the top Halloween-y.
Your comments are always a welcome addition! You are spot on with your assessment about the album. 'Affairs of the Heart' could have been a better song if it had a better lyric, but 'The Second Time' is an undeniable turd and a half.

Among 'Freedom', 'Behind the Mask', and 'Hard Feelings' -- it's Sophie's choice for me.
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