Martine McCutcheon


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Martine McCutcheon
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Release Date: 2003 02 25
Label: EMI Music Distribution
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After a successful spell treading the boards as Eliza Doolittle on London's West End, an album of classic show tunes seemed a fairly natural move for Martine McCutcheon. Ever since she first broke into the charts with Perfect Moment in 1999, she demonstrated that she was far more influenced by the likes of Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand than she was Madonna and Janet Jackson. There's been a glut of these kinds of albums over the last few years, from Rod Stewart and Robbie Williams to Westlife. McCutcheon clearly has a great fondness for the material here, and she has a big, expressive voice, but unfortunately the pedestrian arrangements on this album render it another dull and unsatisfying effort. Also, the choice of material ranges from predictable ("White Christmas," "There Are Worse Things I Could Do") to bizarre (Does anyone really need to hear McCutcheon's take on "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" from The Lion King?) Some bright spots save the record from being a complete waste of time. "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart" is an enjoyable romp, and a slowed-down take on "The Winner Takes It All" benefits by not attempting to recapture the magic of the original vocal, instead remodeling it as a Celine Dion-esque power ballad. But overall this is a second dud in a row from McCutcheon after the bland "Wishing." If she hopes to recapture the success of her debut, a serious rethink is in order. John Lucas, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Zing Went the Strings of My Heart [From Listen Darling]Hanley3:29
2Lady Is a Tramp [From Babes in Arms]Rodgers, Hart3:05
3Out Here on My Own [From Fame]Gore, Gore3:25
4Nobody Does It Like Me [From See-Saw]Fields, Coleman2:23
5Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend [From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]Styne, Robin3:16
6I Dreamed a Dream [From Les Miserables]Kretzmer, Schoenberg, Natel, Boublil3:47
7Wouldn't It Be Loverly? [From My Fair Lady]Lerner, Loewe2:53
8Don't Rain on My Parade [From Funny Girl]Merrill, Styne2:49
9Maybe This Time [From Cabaret]Kander, Ebb3:13
10Can You Feel the Love Tonight? [From The Lion King]Rice, John4:14
11Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again [From Phantom of the Opera]Hart, Stilgoe, Lloyd Webber3:30
12There Are Worse Things I Could Do [From Grease]Casey, Jacobs2:18
13Winner Takes It All [From Mamma Mia]Andersson, Andersson, Ulvacus4:49
14Man That Got Away [From A Star Is Born]Gershwin, Arlen4:00
15What I Did for Love [from a Chorus Line]Hamlisch, Kleban3:45
16White Christmas [From Holiday Inn White Christmas]Berlin3:20







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