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Melissa Etheridge
"Breakdown"
© Island/Def Jam Records
Year of Release: 1999
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track listing
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Breakdown
Angels Would Fall
Stronger Than Me
Into The Dark
Enough Of Me
Truth Of The Heart
Mama I'm Strange
Scarecrow
How Would I Know
My Lover
Sleep
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Melissa Etheridge
"Breakdown"
Melissa Etheridge's sixth album of her career (second here on WSVNRadio.net), 1999's Breakdown produced the softer side of her music. It's
more of an Americana sounding album, yet overall it's Melissa Etheridge, and you really can't go wrong in enjoying her music. Breakdown is a fine,
fine album, as it does have the softer side musically, yet her lyrics reveal dark, pain, and heartbreak. Breadown was the follow up to 1995's
Your Little Secret. Melissa still proves, whether she rocks out
her tunes, or slows it down, she is a true performer.
Americana music style is heard throughout the album, as the title track leads off in this style. "Angels Would Fall" was the most-remembered
hit single from the album. "Stronger Than Me" fits today's Country. (As she is far better than Taylor Swift, but this song has the Taylor Swift
style when she [Taylor] THOUGHT she was a Country artist.)
"Into The Dark" and "Enough Of Me" has the familiar Melissa, where it maybe a softer side soundwise, she still can belt it out,
lyrically and with her powerful voice. "Truth Of The Heart" has the softer sound again, and she does sing beautifully, from her heart. Mama
I'm Strange" is the familiar rockin' Melissa, of whom we remember her by. Likewise, "Scarecrow" is a bit more rocking, than that of a softer
sound. (Yet it all fits with the entire album, as expected.)
"How Would I Know" is just beautiful. The softer sounding just works perfectly. That softer sound keeps going, "My Lover" is another
great tune. Ending the album is another good soft-sounder, "Sleep."
Melissa Etheridge is just fantastic. If she's not in the Rock Hall of Fame, it's just a samll matter of time when she will be. She is just as great
as Janis Joplin was. And that is a great compliment to compare to. Although we never did see how far Janis would have become, Melissa is still with us,
and she keeps recording great music for us to enjoy. Breakdown is easily to be enjoyed. It's not as rocking as her previous (early) albums, but
still, she's able to sing in a softer style, and yet, she is still a great singer, both musically and lyrically. If you haven't experienced her music,
do so. Start with her first albums, and work your way upward. Melissa Etheridge is a legend, she is a great singer, she's a (future) Hall of Famer.
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