The more I think about it, the more I think I should have never agreed to review this CD.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a \u201ccan\u2019t win scenario. If I say I like it, I\u2019m going to be accused of being overly nostalgic. If I don\u2019t like it, it\u2019s piling on an easy target. (Mall concerts, anyone?)<\/p>\n Unbeknownst to me (and I suspect a lot of people) Tiffany has been recording more or less steadily since 2005 after a 17-year break. Her voice has matured; it\u2019s deeper, with a bit more of a rasp, suitable for the type of straight-ahead rock music she\u2019s performing on this CD. (She could also do killer R&B or torch music, I suspect.)<\/p>\n The musicianship on \u201cShadows\u201d is competent without being flashy or breathtaking. There are a few moments where she plays with an eighties sound\u2014especially on the keyboards on the title track\u2014but mostly it\u2019s pretty timeless, straight-ahead rock and roll. There is, however, some content behind it; the title refers to the \u201clight and dark\u201d in all our lives, and especially in hers. She was a star, complete with controlling Svengali manager, and then she lost it. She grew up. She got hurt. And she successfully conveys that in her music.<\/p>\n In the end, though, it comes down to the songs. There are some very good ones\u2014\u201cI\u2019ll Meet You Anywhere\u201d is a rich, sweet ballad; \u201cI Love You\u201d is a great breakup song (if such a thing exists?); and I have some personal resonance with \u201cKeep On Swinging.\u201d She even dips into what is almost power-punk on \u201cLost Inside.\u201d The gem is the album\u2019s closer, \u201cBed Of Nails,\u201d which conveys anger, bitterness, and resignation in equal parts, backed up with a stellar string arrangement.<\/p>\n There are, however, some misses as well. \u201dYou\u2019re My Everything\u201d is perilously close to cliche, and the album\u2019s opener \u201cHey Baby\u201d is pretty generic. In truth, Tiffany is better when she goes downbeat then when she tries to be Joan Jett. (Again: Album of Torch Songs. Are you reading this, Ms. Darwish?)<\/p>\n Shadows<\/i>, in the end, is good. Not great, but good\u2014and quite an amazing jump from the young lady who toured malls. Recommended if the genre suits you.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/pclass=\"msonormal\">\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":34704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10824],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-46559","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-tiffany","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46559"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}