Karen Dalton - In My Own Time
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Music CD Cover Artist: Karen Dalton Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Original recording remastered CD Release Date: 2006-11-07 Music Label: Light in the Attic Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for In My Own Time Album
Free Music Review: Not the right setting for this diamond...
Hit: 3 Stars
Please forgive the nay-saying, because I absolutely love Karen Dalton. I don't blame her for this misconceived effort, because it's clear that there was a production decision to give her the full Woodstock/LA 1970s pop funkmeister treatment. But one size most certainly does not fit all. The slick production doesn't work with her otherworldly voice. The production has a trivializing effect that taints about 3/4 of the tracks here, against which the sparser tracks like "Katie Cruel" and "Same Old Man" shine in comparison.
I don't think it's just hindsight that indicts this production; Joe Boyd produced records in the same era that (a) did the artists real justice, and (b) still hold up today. Sorry Harvey, but I wish we could have seen what Joe Boyd would do with Karen Dalton.
If you like Karen Dalton, go with her first album, "It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best." Or cherry-pick the best cuts from this one and leave the desecration of "How Sweet It Is" for James Taylor.