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Well, this is just smashing good! In very fine vocal form. She sounds better here than on the 1984 record. And the band is hot as hell. For me, I was especially pleased with the energy everyone brought to “The Challenge” (which, on the album, underwhelmed me); the return to the 1972 arrangement of “Spare Me,” though sung with superior skill; the sexiness she brought to “Ask Anybody”; and the group’s spirited version of “Too Much” (which elsewhere has sounded bland to me). This was a great show and I wish I’d been there. The audience clearly loves her. She delivers here what Robert Christgau said of her self-titled album in general: pert, up-tempo songs that will keep you humming, and an unimpeachable sense of the sensible. But more than that, the group sounds like a genuine band. Thanks for unearthing!