Miranda Barber Lips' Decision

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Miranda Barber Lips' Decision

Review date: 27.08.2008
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Miranda Barber has a beautiful voice and a good ear for a catchy melody, but her debut album, Lips' Decision, doesn't fully capitalise on these talents. Wandering through jazz and blues history, Barber cherry picks the sounds she likes and adapts them to fit her style in a pleasing fashion, producing some lovely musical moments. Sadly, no matter how many times you listen to the album, moments are all you get. There's never any feeling of depth, or any sense that the album has enough substance to make you return to it. It's the sort of album that provides a great soundtrack to a polite dinner party, before disappearing into your CD rack, unlikely to ever be seen again. There is a niche audience for this sort of stuff, and Lips' Decision will make them very happy, but it doesn't have the strength to step out of that niche.

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