Reviewed by Chris Berry

Once a major CCM artist Stateside (albums on Sparrow), Michele then married ace guitarist Larry Carlton and slipped from view. Her voice has a silky MOR/pop quality almost the equal of Kelly Willard (with whom she once recorded many backup sessions). Now, at last, Michele's back and the results are...so, so. Every track starts off by grabbing your attention - the producer is obviously a Jonathan King-style expert in making you sit up and take notice. Unfortunately Michele, for whatever reason, often fails to deliver. That's not to say that you won't find the album a 'nice' listen, it's just that, as with a good deal of those nice, American lady's albums, you end up not really listening to them. We have an album here where Michele's voice only does real justice to the big-number weepie, and whilst she may like to rock-it with the best of 'em it doesn't come off. Hence the best track here is "A Song Worth Singing" - quite appropriate really. "Celebration Day" and "Love Makes All The Difference" try hard without really breaking through the quality of the intros. Pity really, I wanted to like it a lot

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