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Broadway, My Way
The people who felt betrayed when Linda Eder covered several pop songs on 2002's Gold will be relieved that her follow-up, Broadway My Way, is a return to the Great White Way. As if to prove that she isn't limited to either the songs of Frank Wildhorn or ballads, Eder tackles some well-known show tunes. The ballads tend to be overwrought, so it's best to look for the uptempo numbers. The singer's take on "Some People" is technically fine but so va-va-voom showbiz that it lacks the deranged edge that makes the song so compellingly dramatic. Things work a lot better on "I Am What I Am": while Eder doesn't take it to the top (or rather over the top), this is as close as she gets to Mermanizing a number. Elsewhere, "Don't Rain on My Parade" (immortalized by Streisand) and "Man of La Mancha" are appropriately brassy and triumphant, with Eder roaring her way through both songs. Fans of both Eder and Wildhorn should note that the singer reprises her Svengali's "Gold," the title track from her previous album, and an excerpt from his long-in-the-works Camille Claudel. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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Tracks| 1 | I Am What I Am (from "La Cage aux Folles") | | 2 | Anthem (from "Chess") | | 3 | On The Street Where You Live (from "My Fair Lady") | | 4 | What Kind of Fool (from "Stop The World I Want to Get Off") | | 5 | Some People (from "Gypsy") | | 6 | I'll Be Seeing You (from "Right This Way") | | 7 | Gold (from "Camille Claudel") | | 8 | Don't Rain On My Parade (from "Funny Girl") | | 9 | The Impossible Dream (from "Man of La Mancha") | | 10 | A New Life (from "Jekyll & Hyde") | | 11 | Edelweiss (from "The Sound of Music") | | 12 | Unusual Way (from "Nine") | | 13 | Man of La Mancha (from "Man of La Mancha") |
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