Lori wrote: > I never before took the time to consider WHY it's been my least > favorite. I originally bought it the day of release, and I > listened to it enough to know most of the words to most of the > songs, but -- with one exception -- I found the album underwhelming.
I won't say that TTT is my least favourite album, but I also found it kind of underwhelming. There are some great songs - Stay in Touch, Harlem In Havana, Lead Balloon ;o)! I never liked Man From Mars since I found out it was about a cat, and the title song is just silly (kitty, kitty.....). I think it's just that it all sounds so much the same throughout. I don't know if that's the fault of the VG-8, or just that that's the way Joni wrote/recorded it. But nothing really stands out for me, and I'd have trouble singing the melody to any one song, for that reason, without hearing it first. I know the VG-8 helps Joni no end on stage, but I wonder about the need to use it in the studio, where the pressure to retune quickly is not so great, and she can sit to play, so the problems with her back would not be so great. I much prefer a good acoustic on a slow song anyway, but that's just me! Hell (who should be working right now!)
