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This is an awesome compilation of songs. Anne Hills has a voice that rivals Judy Collins and Joan Baez! I don't know what is wrong with Tiger Girl who wrote a less than favorable review. Two Year Winter is one of my favorite songs of all time! You must get this CD.

I've been a huge fan since "October Child" and through the three albums with Priscilla Herdman and Cindy Mangsen. Anne's voice is great, as always, but the lyrics to many of these songs are disappointing. Many of them (I Am You, The Farm, My Daughter and Vincent Van Gogh, Two Year Winter for example) are hackneyed and sophomoric, and all too frequently go for the cheap rhyme. The production values on some of these numbers (Nobody, for example) are what I'd expect from a children's album. Several of these numbers didn't even make the cut to rip and play on my iPod.

In an ironic twist, one of my favorite numbers from Priscilla Herdman's new album (The Road Home) includes lyrics from Anne Hills. That number from the Herdman album reflects the sort of haunting, deep quality that I'm accustomed to from Anne Hills - I am disappointed that this superb material isn't reflected on this album. Both October Child and Woman of a Calm Heart outstrip the content of this new album entirely.

The writing is very creative, the themes are moving and the songs are beautifully sung as always. The music and themes are probably more varied than on past albums. My own favorite is My Daughter and Vincent van Gogh.