The career of singer / songwriter Tracy Chapman started in the late eighties so spectacularly and was so successful that it could only get less afterwards. That happened, although Chapman himself seemed the last to mourn it. After all, with her modest personality, she never seemed completely at home in the world of tinsel. After a few hectic years in the spotlight, she withdrew, although she continued
… to deliver records with some regularity to an ever-shrinking fixed fan base. Our Bright Future doesn't bring any surprises, unless it is that she hasn't lost her talent for writing simple songs that go straight to the heart. With this strong album as proof, it seems that indeed there is still a bright future ahead of her. (MS)more
