China Forbes - '78
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Free Music Review: Not Pink Martini
Hit: 3 Stars
Some songs have a decent sound. Definitely lacks the artisanship and differentiation of Pink Martini.Free Music Review: missed opportunity
Hit: 3 Stars
I saw Forbes perform this album live in Boston before buying the album, and the differences between the two are staggering. Even though this pop/soft rock genre is a departure from the tried-and-true work of Pink Martini, she was still distinctively China Forbes up on stage ... that voice came through strong and clear and confident. Not so on the album. I kept thinking, this sounds like Sheryl Crow ... Forbes is a much better singer than Sheryl Crow. What's going on here? Then I learned that the drummer/producer used to work with Crow, and it all started making sense. So ... '78 is getting 3 stars instead of two because I actually like a few (3 or 4) of the songs, and I'm prepared to give Forbes the benefit of the doubt, that she listened too much to her producer and held back her powerful voice in an attempt to sound more "rock," or something ... thinner and tinny. China, we know you can do better ... looking forward to your next solo venture.Free Music Review: The Voice of Pink Martini Has Her Own Voice
Hit: 4 Stars
And what a voice it is. Don't expect this to be a fourth Pink Martini CD, but don't let that stop you. Listen for China, not PM, and you will be pleasantly surprised. She has a hauntingly beautiful voice. I have listened to the CD a dozen times or more now and just got back from her solo concert and am listening to it again. She has exceptional presence, a disarming charm, and refreshinginly unusual style. Free Music Review: China Syndrome ..
Hit: 1 Stars
We've followed Pink Martini almost from their inception and see them every time they tour New England, often in multiple states. China Forbes has a beautiful rich voice with an expansive range. Listening to her sing is always a pleasure, a wonder ... until we listened to her on her new "78" album. Like ... Bombs-ville!! Formulaeic. Boring. Flat. Toneless. Unimaginative. Repetitious. Exceptionally dull, to the point that one panics and smites the STOP button on the CD player to kill the droning. Oh God, what was was China thinking? Or - flushed with PM successes, did she stop thinking? On this CD, she certainly stopped singing. No rating is low enough so for my wife and I, China's "78" CD should remain in the dark nether world of "unrated". Unfortunately, Amazon's system forces a minmal rating. The "78" CD is not worth even this! Stay with the Pink Martini professional CDs ...Free Music Review: 78 by China Forbes
Hit: 5 Stars
China Forbes is the lead singer for Pink Martini. I love them but this CD was missing the orchestration I've come to expect from their music. Evidently she wrote all these songs, including Hey Eugene from Pink Martini's last CD. But it is the variety in style and arrangement in Pink Martini's approach that spoiled me and kept me from enjoying 78. I still love her but I'd tell anyone to get the three Pink Martini CD's first, before trying 78.