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If one were to read the liner notes before taking a listen, it would be possible to get the impression that Kristine W's Stronger is something a bit beyond the what the Pamela-Lee-meets-Britney-Spears images of the singer seem to promise. Claiming saxophone duty on a few tracks and cowriting credit on the majority of them, Ms. W seems perhaps poised to push the dance-pop envelope. She doesn't. From the opening track's dirty synth throb to the honeyed delivery of less-than-revolutionary lyrics ("all that glitters is not gold," "when you need a little shelter, you can run into these arms of mine"), and from the
If one were to read the liner notes before taking a listen, it would be possible to get the impression that Kristine W's Stronger is something a bit beyond the what the Pamela-Lee-meets-Britney-Spears images of the singer seem to promise. Claiming saxophone duty on a few tracks and cowriting credit on the majority of them, Ms. W seems perhaps poised to push the dance-pop envelope. She doesn't. From the opening track's dirty synth throb to the honeyed delivery of less-than-revolutionary lyrics ("all that glitters is not gold," "when you need a little shelter, you can run into these arms of mine"), and from the whooshes and zings to the requisite build-ups and break-downs, one gets the feeling that we've been here quite a few times before. This in itself is perhaps not a problem. Fans of sweet and peppy club-diva shenanigans could very well eat this stuff up, on especially the slightly gutsier latter half of the record. Anyone else is apt to go into sugar-shock after a few tracks. --Bob Michaels
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Manufacturer: RCA
Release date: 26 September 2000
EAN: 0078636790824 UPC: 078636790824
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