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From: ed@das.llnl.gov (Edward Suranyi)
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Subject: Re: Freiheit, McLachlan, Ciani, The Enid
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Date: 3 Oct 89 17:42:18 GMT
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>Really-From: motcid!marble!meadley@uunet.UU.NET (A. Meadley)

>Also, the same info would be appreciated for Sarah McLachlan and her 
>album "Touch".

>Ant in Chicago
>uunet!motcid!meadley

I have this album, and I think it's very good.  What struck me was the
fact that the first *six* reviews of it that I read were all raves, and
they all compared her with Kate!  The review that appeared in _Alternative
Press_ was, perhaps, the most blatant.  The reviewer spends the first 
paragraph talking about how great _The Kick Inside_ is, and only then 
starts comparing it with McLachlan's album.  _Billboard_ said she
"recalls Kate Bush, with that same sort of swirling, ethereal soprano."

Personally, I think she sounds more like a cross between Enya and Sinead
O'Connor, but I still like it.

The review in the _New York Times_ was the only one I saw which wasn't
completely favorable, but even they said she was "obviously influenced
by Kate Bush."

Ed
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