Bruce Springsteen and Janis Joplin inspired rock singer Melissa Etheridge had a hit with Like The Way I Do in the summer of '92. After that it went very well for Melissa. Five million copies of her CD Yes, I Am flew over the counter and at least the same is expected from this CD. And it will not be the songs, because the music and the mostly autobiographical lyrics are again of a high level. What
… is immediately noticeable is that the album is a lot rougher than its somewhat modest predecessor. The single Your Little Secret, I Really Like You and the beautiful, epic I Could Have Been You show her as she is live: good American rock music with a lot of spice. But also the atmospheric All The Way To Heaven and Shriner's Park, one of the highlights, are Melissa in optima forma.more
