SONGS REVIEWED: "Paper Doll", "Home"
SOMEONE HERE KNOWS HOW TO WRITE A SONG OR TWO. REVIEWING THIS DISC WAS A PLEASURE BECAUSE IT WAS WELL WRITTEN AND WELL PRODUCED, MAKING IT EASY TO LISTEN TO, AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEND AN ETERNITY PICKING OUT NUANCES. "PAPER DOLL" IS THE FIRST TRACK ON THE NEWEST RELEASE FROM THE FORMER LEAD VOCALIST FOR SPV RECORDING ARTIST, GHOST OF A GOD. ANNIE'S VOCALS ARE SOULFUL AS WELL AS POWERFUL. THERE'S A HINT OF TORI AMOS IN HER VOICE, BUT THE SONG STANDS ALONE JUST FINE. AFTER ONE LISTEN, YOU FIND YOURSELF HUMMING ALONG WITH THE CHORUS, WHICH SAYS VOLUMES ABOUT HER ABILITY TO CRAFT A MEMORABLE SONG.
"HOME", THE TITLE TRACK, IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF ANNIE'S ABILITY TO WRITE A CATCHY HOOK, AND HAS A MORE MODERN ROCK FEEL TO IT. HER VOCALS ARE SLIGHTLY MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THIS SONG, BUT THEY NEVER GO OVERBOARD, MEANING THEY'RE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SONG. SHE GOES FROM SINGING VERY SOFTLY TO BELTING OUT THE CHORUS WITHOUT MAKING IT SEEM EXCESSIVE...OR FORCED. IN A TIME WHERE WOMEN IN ROCK ARE LIKELY TO BE TEENAGE LATEX-CLAD CLONES, AND CRANKED OUT BY THE DOZEN, IT'S NICE TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL TO OFFER. ANNIE MINOGUE HAS ALREADY HAD A FEW OF HER SONGS APPEAR IN THE THE SONGWRITER'S HALL OF FAME SHOWCASE, AND THERE IS NO REASON TO THINK THAT SHE WON'T BE ABLE TO SECURE HER PLACE AS A SUCCESSFUL SINGER AND SONGWRITER ... ESPECIALLY IF SHE KEEPS WRITING LIKE THIS.
