24 Karat Gold production

[lilyfee]

Can someone elaborate on production issues?

I think Stevie was a little too safe musically on this album, contributing to a sort of monotonous and unoriginal sound throughout. She rarely takes risks with her voice or improvises anymore and that was something that really separated her from the pack before. But I think the songs themselves are great and even though I find some songs cringe-worthy -- I Don't Care for example -- overall the album grew on me and I can find merit in everything. Like even in IDC there's that last verse where she's just making up lyrics as she goes and while it doesn't save the song, it shows that she can still be inspired.