BarryT60
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I am mixed on Make Believe... I want to like her solo version more... and in many ways it's like a totally different tune.. Maybe it is because it is the first thing I heard new after Karen's death, or maybe because I really like the sad, introspective arrangement, but I always was enchanted by her vocal on the Voice of the Heart version. Seemed beefier to me.I'll be in trouble, here, but, I am not a big fan of very many of the Bacharach tunes.
Took me quite a while to warm up to Close To You !
Any Day Now , on the other hand, is a song I do love.
The 1980 version of Make It Easy On Yourself, while technically a perfect vocal ,
is a far cry from the earlier version (IMHO). I'm simply not too keen on any of the
Medleys--no matter how great they were performed.
Back to Voice of the Heart LP,
I much prefer Karen's vocal delivery on the solo Make Believe It's Your First Time.
Again, her vocals on the later version --while very well done--are weaker to my ears.
Perhaps, intentionally so; but, just too soft for me--let alone as a Single release in late 1983.
I just do not like that chorale...