Saturday, September 26, 2015

Natalie Imbruglia - Male

A covers album - songs by men. There are some moments that are nice in their own right (like opener "Instant Crush", originally by Daft Punk featuring Julian Casablancas, and wistfully countryish "Goodbye in His Eyes", with a regendered title for a song originally by a group called the Zac Brown Band), others that are also nice but drawing at least some of that from the good associations with the original versions ("Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and "I Melt With You"), and one that is a surprisingly bluegrassy and surprisingly enjoyable version of "Friday I'm In Love" - but as a whole it's on the bland side, alas.