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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Clean, crisp and refreshing., June 1, 2006
Vivian Green is old-school R&B: she can actually sing, and her songs actually say something. It's not just over-produced bump-n-grind nonsense that so many other female performers these days excel at. She's a vocalist, not just some MTV/BET video hoe upgraded to singer.
This album consists of songs that are atypical of R&B these days also. They don't depend on driving choruses, or thumping bass. They just depend on her voice, and the words she's singing. And they WORK. Instead of giving us an album consisting of a few singles and some filler, we get a solid block of material that holds up and doesn't become old or faded. Long after you stop playing your current album-of-the-minute with the big hits on it that get inevitably replaced by bigger hits on another day, you can keep right on playing this one.
My one complaint (and the reason it's four stars and not five) is that the album isn't as good as her first one. That one really consisted of songs that fit her voice perfectly and had much stronger, more poignant writing overall. It was more soulful than this one, and emotionally heavier. This one is excellent, but it's very light compared to her debut.
And hey, there's nothing wrong with that. She's obviously able to stretch and be flexible. And if that means that every album she puts out will maintain her high quality and yet be different from the last, that's really exciting. Not many artists can make that kind of promise, but when Vivian does, you can trust her, and trust in her music. This CD is definitely a keeper.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Why go mainstream?, December 26, 2005
Vivian Green's first album, A Love Story was classy, jazzy, soulful and absolutley flawless. I was hoping that I could say the same for her sophmore effort, Vivian.
On this album, she chooses to go mainstream. It is questionable why. She got critical acclaim for her debut, decent sales, and was one of the best kept secrets in the music industry. (And honestly, I'm pretty sure her first CD outsold this one by far.)
But truth be told, some of the mainstream R&B stuff on here outshines the more soulful ballads. Songs like "Frustrated", "Damn", and "All About Us" are much better than the balladry at the end.
The conclusion is that this is a laidback, somewhat mainstream CD. It is nothing special, but nothing too bad either. Whereas her first CD was a classic.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing....., March 2, 2006
From start to finish there is not a filler on this album, i was so impressed when a friend recomended it...this cd starts strong and ends amazing....if asked what were the stand out track it would be all of them...Go Buy It!!! dont sleep on Vivian, she is an amazing talent!!!!
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