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When You Get A Little Lonely

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I'm a fan of the Brady Bunch and have always thought that Maureen McCormick (Marcia) had a teriffic voice. She still does on this CD, and she does not disappoint. My only wish is that it wasn't country. Maureen's "twang" sounds forced and a little silly, considering that she's from California. I liked it better when she sang pop tunes on It's a Sunshine Day, the Brady Bunch CD. Anyway, if you like her voice, I'd still get this CD just because she's Marcia! Maybe Maureen will release a new pop CD today; if she does, I'll buy it.

About five minutes after I ordered this cd I thought, "What on Earth did I just do!" I even started to dread its' arrival. I've always liked Maureen and really din't want to blow an illusion.

When the cd arrived I asked a friend to listen first. For some reason she didn't jump on it so after it sat on her desk a few days I took it home. I had prejudged it by the few reviews here. So, there I was expecting the worst and popped it into the stereo. trac one, then trac two, three and soforth. I didn't gag so I listened again. You know what? It wasn't the greatest of country albums, I'll admit. It's not the worst either. It's okay. Sometimes just okay can be kind of groovy.. in its own way. I hope to get a chance to hear what Miss McCormick can really do with her voice.

This cd, I thought was okay. Lets face it, it would not be on my 10 albums to take to a desert island. I love Marcia, which is why I bought it. There are several songs on here that are upbeat, and than there are the others that are slow, you wished that they'd just stop. Maureen does show up how well a performer she is and that she can sing any number of notes. More or less, I wish that there would have been some more songs that she was used to singing, or even a duet with Barry Williams, aka...Greg. Who is this guy she say with?? Noone knows!

I read the reviews for this disc before listening to it, and all I can say is take these reviews (particularly the nasty, pretentious ones) with the proverbial grain of salt.

This is, simply, a good country music album. The vocals are good, the musicianship is solid and tight, and the material is, overall, excellent. The title song, co-written by the late Nicolette Larson, is the best song on the album, in my humble opinion. I wish Maureen McCormick followed this album up with others, she's a good country music singer who probably will get much better with time.

When I first got this cd I couldn't stop playing it. Maureen is a fantastic singer and country music is definitely her style. Wish she made more...I'd buy everyone of them.

I like the music on this CD. I think it stands up very well. I like it even more knowing it's Maureen. I was quite impressed with the quality of sound and songs found here and I think Maureen's singing is capable and pleasing to listen to. If there were other releases by Ms McCormick I would be anxious to obtain them.

I must say I was impressed with this cd, Maureen was really the only one out of the Brady's who could really sing, or at least carry a tune, full of catchy uptempo songs and a few sweet love songs this is a nice country cd by an american pop culture icon.

This is the first solo album by "Marcia Brady". It is done in the contemporary country music style. To call this album "bad" would be an understatement. It is flat out awful. Maureen has an okay, but unexciting voice. The main problem here is the material. The songs, for the most part, aren't very good. One good song here is a cover of Buddy Holly's "Oh, Boy!", but the performance is uninspired. There is also a duet here with Wayland Patton (who?). This album is not "so bad it's good". It's "so bad it's boring". A must to avoid.

I go with the "unpopular" review vote here and say this particular CD is a FLOP! I don't even have to "unsell" it either if you just look at what it retails for above! Don't get me wrong, here - I've always loved Maureen Mc Cormack; from her 2 "Bewitched" appearances to Marcia to most of what she's done since... ("Loveboat" & "Fantasy Island" appearances can be forgiven...). She's grown from cute kid to lovely woman and has always possessed singing talents from the days she sang to Pop'n'Fresh on the Pillsbury cookie commercials! Why, oh why, then did she do this CD?! Her voice is still beautiful but the material is just plain BAD! I got this CD as a kind of "joke" Christmas gift and probably like many others wanted SO BADLY to like what was on it, but couldn't take more then about 20 seconds of each song as I skimmed through them!

It wasn't even that my personal taste for (modern day) country music is limited either. You can make the best of voices sound horrible with the wrong material or arrangements...it's happened with Streisand, Mouskouri, Merman, Kitt and many other phenomenal greats over the years. I truly do hope Maureen Mc Cormack gives it another try with better material at some point. She has legions of fans that still love her dearly; now work with an arranger that knows it and can bring out her best!