Both songs are fantastic and sung to perfection, pristine production and just begging to be performed live. Bella Donna to Kind of Woman is just brilliant sequencing and let's the listener know "you're in for a treat" and draws you in to this superb album. Kind of Woman is interesting in the way she wraps her voice around the lyrics and plays off the haunting instrumentation, it is indeed one of her best ever vocals. The Highwayman is lyrically amazing and is truly one of her best story telling songs- the demo is a tad better though with the aurally sweet high notes, still, the album version knocks it out of the park and is her best solo closer on any subsequent album. I don't think she could pull off either song today, last time was the Enchanted tour in '98 where she absolutely could've done them justice.
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