Bette Midler - Songs for the New Depression

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Free Music Review: Bette Midler does torch songs on her most underrated album
Hit: 5 Stars

If you need a one-word description for the key style on this album it would be torch songs. Just list to "I Don't Want the Night to End." Add to this list the ballads "Let Me Just Follow Behind" and "Tragedy". For those who need camp, Midler provides "Mr. Rockefeller" and "Marahuana." My favorites would be the duet with Bob Dylan on his "Buckets of Rain" and her version of Tom Waits's "Shiver Me Timbers." As is usually the case, the Divine Miss M corrals some major talent to play on this album, including Todd Rundgren, Rick Derringer, Eric Weissberg, and Luther Vandross. This is not one of the first Bette Midler albums that come to mind, but most of her true fans know this really is one of her best, even if it is one of her most atypical.

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