Nick Of Time

Favorite songs: Thing Called Love, The Road's My Middle Name, Real Man, Love Letter, I Will Not Be Denied, Nobody's Girl Least favorite songs: Cry on My Shoulder 4/5

Nick Of Time was a pretty good album. This album was certainly a country album, i will give it that. This album basically had all the sound styles that you would expect from a country album like the slow guitar song, the more upbeat song with some harmonicas among many other things with some of those being blues elements as well. Most of the songs here were pretty good and had some pretty groovy vibes to them and at worst they could be a little bit boring and forgettable. The forgettable songs were not very common in this album but unfortunately, they were still there. This album is a pretty solid album that i would not be against listening to in the future. Best Song: Love Letter Worst Song: Nobody's Girl

Bonnie Raitt is a wonderful musician, I adore her follow up to this album, Luck Of The Draw, which is a 4.5 to 5 star album on any given day, but this... I *know* it won the Grammy for Album of the Year, I *know* its preserved in the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" but... I just don't hear it.... Its fairly bland, nothing stood out, it was a passable time and I was never compelled to hit skip or stop, but I just don't hear what's so good about this.

This seems like such a unique type of country-rock. It's not at all a go-to style for me, but I remember so many of these songs from my mom having this album on around the house all the time when I was young. I hate some of the bass lines, catchy as they are, but aside from that this album isn't one I'm opposed to playing again. 3/5

I liked this album alright. I expected more country, but it's closer to something like Sheryl Crow. I guess this is a precursor to that? Anyways, I have a soft spot for Sheryl Crow and so I didn't bounce off this like I might have otherwise. 3/5

It’s like if Bon Jovi was a woman. And not just because of the hair.

++: Love Letter, Real Man, I Will Not Be Denied, The Road's My Middle Name +: Nick of Time, Too Soon to Tell +-: Thing Called Love, Have a Heart, I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again -: Cry on My Shoulder, Nobody's Girl 5,5/10

Very nice listen, sounds a bit dated

Bonnie Raitt was very successful. Her album was unable to strike a chord with me. Wolf

Four seriously unbelievable good songs and the rest are a bit sleepy. Bonnie is still the Queen

Awful. Songs fall into 2 categories: boring or corny. Slow songs were boring and “up tempo” songs were corny af. Top 1001 album my ass!

Fairly decent album…1 time through is probably enough. More than likely the only time I’ll ever listen to it.

Good album for listening on the porch, watching sunset, drinking some pop

That’s gonna be a nah for me, dawg. I don’t know what it sounded like when it came out, but it certainly didn’t hold up over time.

I thought it was just ok, easy listen. No big songs I recognize and overall harmless. I was expecting country music for some reason. 6/10.

This just wasn't for me

The first 2 songs are pretty good, but unfortunately I wasn't hooked by any of the other songs. I understand why some would like this but it's not for me. 2 Stars.

Not very memorable. One great song.

Not my VIBE!

good but so eighites arrangements

A selection of country sounding music, track 1 was pretty nice. low 3/5

Well, that was .... average. Pleasant enough, but once it finished playing, I couldn't remember any realfeatures of it. Mid.

Pop blues/country is my least favorite genre

Good songs. Very poppy.

It’s got that precise, professionally smooth, middle of the road, edgeless sound, augmented by some stylistically horrible synths and electric pianos.

Pretty good. We enjoyed it. Decent vibes

I simply couldn't find any flaws 5 stars. Very high quality music!

Au secours. Well this UK-US view centered list is getting on my nerves. Where is Axelle Red ?!

Nice voice, a few nice blues songs, but nothing that much outstanding. Did I miss something? (apart from the stylish cover?) grin.

That is okay

I just don’t get what’s supposed to be so special about this album. It’s like being stuck in a Tennessee steakhouse listening to the house band. Sure, there are a few glimmers of greatness (very few), but the country vibe and that ultra-slick ‘80s production are like a brick wall for me. And don’t even get me started on that lady’s haircut.

I didn’t feel like this really showcased her guitar playing. Maybe next time.

It was great that Raitt finally received some long-deserved accolades and financial success from the album.

Bonnie Raitt has a difficult story, but a great voice. I am glad this record did so well for her and helped establish herself as an artist. But between the genre and the 80’s horrid production sound toolkit, I couldn’t buy in.

Oh no.... I was transported to a middle age Cat Lady's kitchen as Touched By an Angel plays in the background. I keep waiting for a Gospel choir to sneak up behind me to transport me to a world that this vibe is the only thing that will permeate my brain. I can already see the fade transitions as different smiling faces transcend over someone riding a bike on an east coast beach. IT is at the same time disconcerting and comforting all at the same time. I don't know what to feel anymore. other than 1. should have been deleted after 1989

I've farted more original and interesting sounds.

Completely generic, inoffensive in every way, music. Reckon it's good for napping.

?! this was a triumphant return to form? no, this was jc penny dressing room music.

easy-listening country-lite adult contemporary synth-driven elevator music ballads??? in MY 1001 albums????? it's the same synth sound used in video game water levels so i'm instinctively wary. this was heralded as a "return to form" for bonnie, and i can only assume the "form" in question must be the 12-bar blues. this was bland and uninspiring to me, but maybe you had to be there. favorites: thing called love, have a heart, the road's my middle name

Dont ask me my favorite song from this because I feel about all of them the exact same way BORRRING

I dont remember a single song

i feel like i'm in a JCPenny

This kind of country pop doesn’t do much for me but I suppose it’s well executed.

I’m not the 30-60-year-old-middle-class woman demographic on whose concerns this album focusses (a slightly different group than the subject of her most famous song, “Angel from Montgomery”). But the songs are obviously great — lyrically, musically, and vocally. The songwriting artfully (though narrowly) skirts sappy sentimentality and stereotypes. And Raitt’s vocals and guitar playing are superb. The album holds together as a single work of art. My only reservation is that the album seems overproduced— I’d like to hear these songs as an acoustic set live, without the synthetic drum tracks and vocal backing chorus. I’ll always welcome a Bonnie Raitt song though — so it’s a 4.

this shit put me to sleep (derogatory)

I ain't no porcupine, take off your kid gloves. Are you ready for the thing called love?

Meh

This just feels about as generic as music can be. Not a bad listen if you just want something on but there's nothing really worthwhile here. Cool voice though.

Countryrock van een dame die weet wat ze wil. Ik ben een fan van het album The luck of the draw, maar ja, die staat natuurlijk weer niet in de lijst. Dus dan deze maar. Ik mis de hits van de andere plaat, maar verder ligt het niveau hoog, en waarom zou ik niet eens gul zijn voor zulke tijdloze goede muziek.

Typisch jaren '80 geluid. En ik erger me daar niet eens aan. Een prestatie als je dat met jaren '80 klanken voor elkaar krijgt. Maar het komt ook wel omdat het een duidelijke vergeetbare 3 is.

Een van de vele favorieten van Don Leo Blokhuis. Ik ken Bonnie Reet van veel van zijn verhalen, maar van haar muziek ken ik weinig. Het valt me eigenlijk een beetje tegen. Het heeft een hoog Shania Twain gehalte. Is dit nu waar de man, de mythe, Don Leo, zo hoog over opgeeft? Misschien wreekt het zich dat het wel behoorlijk 80s is, met alle drumcomputers en synths van die tijd. Maar wat is dit ongelooflijk saai zeg. Don Leo valt meer en meer van zijn voetstuk. In zijn podcastjes is het ook altijd hoe geweldig die muziek en die artiest is en hoe vaak hij naar die artiesten heeft geluisterd. Als je het allemaal bij elkaar optelt, dan heeft de beste man langer muziek geluisterd, dan dat hij leeft. Of hij moet alles wat hij zogenaamd grijs draait, ook maar 1x beluisterd hebben. Ik smul van zijn verhalen, maar voortaan neem ik het met een hele flinke korrel zout. Of zoals iemand (ik dacht Mike Bodde) al eens zei: Leo Blokhuis weet heel veel over, maar weinig van muziek. Blijft er voor Bonnie hoogstens een magere 3 over, die ik met veel bombast, neppe drums en synth als een ware 80s plaat naar beneden afrondt.

Middle of the road, very pleasant

23/03/25 I enjoyed this album.

Way too late 80s adult contemporary for me, although you can see what she's capable of underneath it all.

It's 1992, and I'm somewhere in middle America in a lonely dive bar smoking my cigarette and regretting my life choices. This is the soundtrack that plays.

Here’s a glimpse into my mind: I first read Bonnie Raitt as Bonnie Ratt, then spent the entirety of this lackluster listening experience thinking about how a late-80s country cover of “Round and Round” would sound.

Now this is an album from a strong woman Great voice brilliant lyrics good music 9.5 out of 10

Well, if you’re looking for some boring 80s adult contemporary singer/songwriter music, then here you go. This album is guaranteed to age you at least 10 years just by listening to it. I honestly don’t know how this one ended up on a top album list. It’s slow, polished, and just doesn’t do much for me at all.

Did not know miss xcx sampled the opening track for this... feeling #silly. Other than that fun bit, I don't know if this was something I neeeeeeded to hear before I die. But you know, to each their own.

Bonnie's pretty cool. Maybe a smokey for the death pool this year

Stop giving me country albums - great voice awful music … just really not my thing

An enjoyable listen. It had a great mix of rock, blues, ballads and country tracks. It sounds very 80s and maybe isn't quite as novel as some of the other albums on here but it has solid songwriting, production and performances front to back.

Solid album. Some good tracks and a good overall listen. I am going to be hard on this and put it on the 3 side of a 3.5.

Shania Twain't

I had a faint memory of several of the songs on this record, which gave it an added wistfulness.

Bonnie Raitt’s Nick of Time is celebrated as a career-defining triumph, the album that finally gave her mainstream success after years of critical respect but commercial struggle. It won Album of the Year at the Grammys, went 5× platinum, and is widely regarded as a comeback story for the ages. But if I’m being honest, I struggle to hear what makes this record so special. Raitt’s voice is, without question, fantastic—husky, expressive, and effortlessly cool. She delivers ballads with warmth and belts blues numbers with attitude. That much is undeniable. But great vocals can only do so much when the material itself is, at best, average and, at worst, completely forgettable. The biggest issue? The production. By teaming up with Don Was, Raitt traded in her blues grit for something cleaner, slicker, and ultimately more generic. The late-’80s studio polish—glossy synth pads, reverb-soaked drums, and an almost sterile mix—drains much of the life out of these songs. In theory, a more accessible approach isn’t a bad thing, but here it just flattens the album into something that sounds like background music for a department store. There are only a few tracks that really stand out. The title track, “Nick of Time,” is the clear highlight, with introspective lyrics about aging and change that actually feel personal. “Thing Called Love” has a solid blues-rock swagger, even if it’s a bit neutered by the production. And “I Ain’t Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again” is a well-executed piano ballad that lets Raitt’s vocals shine without unnecessary studio gimmicks. Much of the rest feels like a wash of bland, middle-of-the-road soft rock that never leaves much of an impression. I get why Nick of Time was a big deal in 1989—it gave Raitt a much-deserved moment in the spotlight and introduced her to a wider audience. But as an album, it’s painfully safe, sonically dated, and only occasionally engaging. Bonnie Raitt (and her bank manager) might not have cared given the results but if this is the record that got her mainstream success, then I can’t help but think it came at the cost of what made her great in the first place.

First time really listening to Bonnie Raitt. Her music has an interesting blend of styles. Her voice carries the album- the instruments in the songs could be hokey and saccarine any many parts. But Bonnie sounded good. Overall- decent album. Not really for me but I appreciate her style

Just good 80s music, nothing crazy

first listen few standouts but mostly miss

So smooth…late 80s anti-nostalgia kicking in, since this seemed to be playing everywhere…great album overall, but really my favorite genre/style

Brilliant from start to finish. Great songs, well played and expertly sung.

I respect Bonnie Raitt and think she has a great voice. But, this album is a big ol’ helping of NOPE for me. Even the blues songs on here feel over sanitized. It feels like a Hallmark movie had a love child with a bad 80’s or 90’s rom-com. Bless your heart. No desire to hear any of this again. 1/5

I feel like Bonnie is a talented musician and, from what I can tell, a good person, so I really wanted to like this. Unfortunately, it is dull at its best, and at its worst it’s like a distillation of all the worst 70s soft rock garbage.

Feels like I’m listening to the radio played over the intercom at a supermarket which is sometimes decent but is mostly just wallpaper

Eh, if you like American oldies sound of music, you'll probably like this. The southern twang never appeals to me, but I don't think the substance is necessarily bad

Good writing, good variety of sound and mood, really good guitar and great vocals. Terrific stuff.

Nick of Time was the tenth studio album from Bonnie Raitt, and her commercial breakthrough after a long run of critically - but not commercially - successful albums. Her rich vocals are the central element of her guitar driven, blues-based rock. The album had successful singles with "Thing Called Love," "Have a Heart," and the title track, and won a handful of Grammys, including Album of the Year. It changed the trajectory of Raitt's career, making her into a star.

4/5. She feels very collected and to the point, not like she is half-hearted in your energy, but more that she is an expert in her craft. And it took me halfway through the album to even question if she wrote these songs or not. They feel so close to her vocal style and tone that she takes command of each song. And it's country but has a general blues sound and even some R&B and funk. I wouldn't say every song is great or for me but it's hard to deny the expertise here. Best Song: Nick Of Time, Real Man, Nobody's Girl

The production is very 80's and kind of cheesy sounding, which I suppose is kind of charming about this. Her voice suits the bluesy style nicely. Not really my taste of music so it did get kind of uninteresting towards the end though.

80s country pop. I tended to like the more 80s ballad pop songs more than the honkie tonkie but over still enjoyable enough. 6/10

If you are a fan of Artists like Alannah Myles, Linda Ronsradt, or even Heart. Then you will love Bonnie Raitt. Not really my thing but it gives off that late 80s - early 90s, dive-bar rock and roll scene. The music is well crafted but it honestly feels like it is written by a bunch of studio musicians. The main focus, of course, is the voice and talent of Bonnie Raitt. And she delivers. These artists are probably responsible for setting the path for artists such as Alanis Morissette, Meredith Brooks, and Amanda Marshal. Strong lead women with medicorce backing bands.

Decent blues-rock. Nothing ground breaking... well, at least from a first time listener 36 years after release. Might have been ground breaking at the time though. idk. 3/5

Fair enough, bluesy country, nothing special.

Bonnie Raitt, the artist who most sounds like a drunk Glaswegian saying "Its good, isn't it?" Meh, very typical late eighties country-pop pap, very much not my thing but not so offensive as to get a one.

Super 80s! Um…this wasn’t terrible? But also just not amazing either. There were some songs that I sort of liked okay? But I will very most likely never listen to this album again.

Vibey I like

Skönt bluesigt sväng, härligt raspig sång. Klar fyra!

Love this woman’s voice. So easy and soulful. She’s got that natural storyteller energy. The band is tight. The production is immaculate. Pretty great overall.

It's OK when she sticks to the blues guitar but should not have got sucked into that terrible late 80s production but I guess it was unavoidable

Lyden af en feminin Elton John. Coveret så jeg som en dame i crop top som piller sig selv i navlen... Real man Alabama.... Albummet gør intet for at ramme mig. Ikke engang had...

Puha det var svært at komme igennem. Pop-rock når det er værst

I'll be honest - I was really surprised to see a Bonnie Raitt record on here. Maybe it's because I've never really been privy to most of what she's done, or maybe it's because I used to conflate her with Reba McEntire and thought she was a country bumpkin singer producing over-produced country schlock that I assumed she wouldn't make a list like this. I was then further surprised when I actually found that I liked this. For one, it isn't country so that right off the bat scored it some points. Is it still 80's music that suffers from the horrendously 80's production sound? Yes. Yes it is. I would love to hear these songs produced today, or remixed by someone today, who can make them sound modern. Because I could see that really improving the album as a whole and making it more accessible. That aside, it's hard to deny that this album is a fun time. The bluesy stuff on here really shines (looking at you "Thing Called Love"). The softer stuff...is ok. I could've done without and instead made this whole album one big blues rock blowout. I almost got the impression that the softer stuff was there to sell the album while the bluesy stuff was her real passion. On the whole, this was a good time and gets a very solid three stars from me. Good stuff, could've been better had it focused on its strengths more. Standout Tracks: Nick of Time, Thing Called Love, Love Letter, I Will Not Be Denied, The Road's My Middle Name

had me interested in the beginning but kinda dropped off later

Judging by the cover (and I know that’s a bad idea) I was expecting this to be more of a country album, but it turned out to be an amiable bit of 70s style funky bluesy rock/easy listening that put me in mind of Fleetwood Mac. I really loved Bonnie Raitt’s vocals on this, but the music didn’t really do it for me - the opening track is pure 80s cheese (and was somehow a breakthrough hit) but the rest is an improvement (even if she does somehow manage to rhyme ‘Queen of Sheba’ with ‘Amoeba’). I’m guessing this was a lot more popular in the USA than over here in the UK.

There's not much to save from this album. This is pretty standard/boring pop rock from the 80s (which does not really improve it).

Oh no.

her voice is perfect. a beautiful late 80s time capsule

I'm not mad about it.

80's with some country and blues, nothing really stood out

Bonnie Raitt has covered so much ground in her career there is a reason she's an elder stateswoman in music (not just rock - look at her early Blues work). Nick of Time is such a dated sound to today's ears, but was such a crossover smash in how it attracted rock, pop, and blues audiences 3/5

Never realized before just how much Bonnie Raitt and Sheryl Crow sound alike at times, but Bonnie is a bit more soulful I think

I was warned this wasn’t the best Bonnie but it’s pretty good

OK

Listened to this on one of the lists before. Still hasn’t done much for me.

Call me basic, but I thought this was pretty swell. Catchy tunes and a great voice.

Pretty straightforward. Raitt’s vocals are great and the tunes are well written. It doesn’t stand out to me as extraordinary, but I wouldn’t skip this LP in a record store.

So this album had me looking up Grammy winners from the last 40 some yrs. Almost forgot this picked up a win. She had other nominations too after this one. She was up against one of my favorite albums of all time(Full Moon Fever), and another one I was listening to at the time(End of the Innocence). Personally I would have picked Full Moon Fever, as it holds up better today as timeless. That doesn't take away from what this album is and was...it had great playing and songs. But top to bottom a couple were cheesy. Have a Heart always seemed manufactured to me. It didn't feel like that one fit her style. Nick of Time and thing called love are just incredible. They both come in at 3:52!? I just saw Herbie Hancock on TV last week and he played on track 10 here. Also shout out to the Traveling Wilburys that year, another nomination for album of the year.

Gorgeous voice, insane guitar playing skills. Bonnie Raitt is a phenomenal artist. This album is way too commercial for who she truly is, but it got her on the board.

Competent music but not exciting. Not my jam

very nice

You know what, it's not my genre but this was really easy listening. really good voice, chill instruments, here for that this eve.

I’m not sure why she is fingering a Fleshlight on the cover, but it’s the most interesting thing about the album.

Bonnie Raitt has this little niche sound that I think only she does well. The only thing I can really compare is Love Letter reminds me of Joe Cocker and Leave Your Hat On. Outside that it hits this nice middle ground of not quite country or pop rock, but its all pretty good.

Loved the pop/country mix. Nick of Time is a killer song and a great way to open the album as it sets the tone for what’s to come. I was expecting a bunch of twangy country music and while it has shades of that it’s way more accessible and enjoyable. I’ll be returning to this one again *edit* After bumping this album over and over again for the past few months and then listening to a bunch of Bonnie’s albums, I’m giving this one 5 stars. It’s so good

I listened to this

I really did want to like this more. Love her voice but this is pretty boring. 3/5

Love her name. Her music is average American fare. Safe and bland.

Not for me.

While country/pop is not a genre I would typically listen to, I did enjoy this album. It has a lot going on and the list of who played on the album sure supports that. I may not necessarily seek this one out again, but I sure wouldn't mind hearing it again.

A nothingburger of music. I can't give it one star because it didn't even generate any sort of negative emotions. Just emptiness

I hoped to like this at least a little, but this really did nothing for me. Super bland country-pop.

wow

Sounds nice! But stops at a 3.

next time teller she has to write a melody to the song

The first song on this album, Nick of Time, makes me feel That Feeling! That feeling of being on the plane home from Paris and seeing the sunset behind the suspension bridge out the plane window. That feeling of being on a motorbike on an island in Vietnam with my favourite people, wearing shorts and a tan, wind in my hair and this song playing. That feeling of being a bottle of wine deep into the evening, live swing band playing, people watching us dance from their seats. That feeling of drinking unlimited prosecco on a river cruise in Budapest, dancing with old couples and two Kiwi's i'd met the day before, getting sunburnt and getting drunk and getting kissed. That Feeling

Great country album. It’s clearly not the even close to same genre anymore.

Me suena su nombre, pero no sabría decir ni una canción de ella. Ni fú, ni fá. Lo mismo supuso un hito para ella o para alguien, pero a mí me parece prescindible en esta lista.

Really really enjoyed this! Thanks to Justin Vernon and Charlotte Aitchison for introducing me to the title track. Bonnie is one of those artists I've been meaning to explore in time - very glad I did. Usual critiques about the album being all over the place in terms of what part of the relationship is described from one track to the next, but the majority of the tracks were very heartfelt and the lyrics were sublime. Will return to this! 4.5* rounded down to 4

Not bad. Very produced country music but Bonnie Raitt has a lot of cred to me between the songwriting and the guitar playing.

Många bra låtar, helt fiilis album

I raitt this 2/5

If this were just a little bit less about men, is want it playing at the old school lesbian cruiser bar

Gave me Cars soundtrack vibes. Fun, danceable, great bass tones. Slightly generic sounding but I’ll give it grace since for all I know it is the blueprint of that sound.

This is pretty alright I guess. It’s kind of got a mix of disco and country which was interesting, but it just seems kind of forgettable overall to me.

Byrjaði sem mjög áhlustanleg kántrýplata en endaði svo í algjörri blúsrokkveislu sem hreif mig á sitt band. Ég var næstum í þristinum en lokin á plötunni toga hana upp í fjórar því ég fílaði seinni hlutann það mikið. Bonnie fer aftur í spilun

Incredible. I just know the hoedowns in Mississippi were good Real man

Easy listening, adult contemporary, soft-rock. Call it what you want, but mostly it just reads as not for me. This is grocery store music: unassuming and inoffensive. It's got that generic 80's sound to it. It's the music that would play in a bog-standard fish out of water comedy from that time. You've got a man from Siberia visiting America for the first time ever? Teach him how to line dance in a country/western bar with a few of these songs. Hilarity will ensue. Not for me, but hey, that hair is hue and I love the Rogue-esque stripe of white in the red

Solid album. Not a country music fan but Bonnie transcends the genre with her outstanding vocals and guitar playing. I could go for an entire album of tunes like The Road's My Middle Name.

Ooh. I'm not going to like this. Late 80s country slash soft rock. Let's start with a positive. What a lovely voice. The first track is perfectly listenable. Then the first second of the second track contains everything I feared. Man! I feel like a woman who doesn't want to be listening to this. Actually, that should be my one sentence review. But then where would I put all my other ramblings. Plus it's not as bad as Dire Straits, or Ryan Adams. But it nearly is. Also, I'm not a woman.

This was definitely an album that was hard to get through for me. Each song sunk to new lows, ones I would have hitherto thought impossible to reach. A putrid mixture of country and pop, terrible lyrics, nasty slide guitar, and crappy 80s synth. This is music for people who like line dancing. It doesn't even deserve a single star, but I need to click to rate it and move on with my life.

Better when she's bluesy, less so when she's loungy.

At last, after a run of 21 albums, a female artist. Not an album I am familiar but quite like it. It's got an easy going Fleetwood Mac vibe. Good blend of bluesy, country and moody tracks for late night listening. However, no real big hitters on this but a merciful break from the early nineties grunge/guitar noise dominated albums that I have recenty endured. More an album that is a sum of its parts and 4 stars for me.

This just sounds very generic to me. 80s pop and Americana collide, and somehow the result is blander than both of those genres. I think the fact it's mostly covers adds to the whiff of cabaret/bar-band I'm picking up.

Enjoyable listen to this

I was expecting this to be quite irritating, but it’s actually pretty pleasant throughout. It is what it is.. it’s not something I’d ever listen to again, but it’s quite nice pop-country-blues. She’s got a nice voice and it’s easy listening.

Kind of slow, but some of the songs were decent.

blues, country, (light) rock, 80's style. OK, but not something I would choose to put on

Fairly enjoyable but not very substantial

Julefreden sænker sig og derfor bliver det her en generøs 2'er og ikke en irriteret 1'er. Corny country og 80'er synthpop produktioner er en meget dårlig blanding, men nogle enkelte synes jeg den ringe, overpolerede produktion er i kontrast til hendes stemme, der egentlig er ret god. Ville lyve hvis jeg sagde at jeg ikke nikkede med på et nummer eller 2

Ret frontloaded, meget smooth produktion som lyder lidt for fars-cd-samling-core til nogensinde at være cool, sorry

Never heard of hear, will never hear this again.

Not bad, not spectacular either.

Boring. Why is this on there

While I don't think I'm the target audience it was a cosy enough album, the track Nick of Time is a standout

Was never going to work for me Will I listen to again: 0%

Das Album “Nick Of Time” zeigt die solide Stimme der Interpretin im Country-Stil und bietet ein schlüssiges Gesamtwerk. Die Produktion und das Konzept verleihen dem Album einen klaren und professionellen Klang. Besonders hervorzuheben ist der Titelsong “Nick Of Time”, der sich unsentimental mit dem Thema des Älterwerdens auseinandersetzt. Trotz dieser Stärken bleibt das Album insgesamt eher unspektakulär. Einige Songs wie “Nobody’s Girl” und “Real Man” wirken vorhersehbar und fügen sich aber nahtlos in das übrige Repertoire der Künstlerin ein.

Great voice but way too eighties and not in a good way....

Nick of Time I actually listened to this not that long ago, along with quite a few of her earlier albums, after accidentally watching one of her gigs on BBC2, having only really previously known a few of her songs via an uncle of mine who was a huge fan. She really does have a fantastic voice, I love her tone and phrasing, she can lean into a bluesy rasp or go more tender and delicate. This album is a funny one though, she sings brilliantly and many of the songs are at the very least decent, but the Don Was production is so, so dated. It’s got that precise, professionally smooth, middle of the road, edgeless sound, augmented by some stylistically horrible synths and electric pianos. Love Letter is probably the worst culprit, but it’s almost so cheesy it comes back out the other side and I almost think it sounds good. Ultimately it doesn’t escape the feel of a band you’d hear playing in a dive bar in an 80s movie, like Jeff Healy in Road House. Sometimes though the songs do push the production though, Nick of Time is excellent, probably the stand out track, Thing Called Love is a catchy if pretty rote bit of 80s blues rock, Cry on My Shoulder has a superb vocal and nice melody. Nobody’s Girl (not that one unfortunately) benefits from the acoustic only backing, showcasing her voice. Have a Heart is decently cheesy, like the end credits song of another 80s movie. After that it kind of drifts off, neither terrible nor too remarkable, to the end, apart from picking up with the nicely forlorn I Ain’t Going to Let You Break My Heart. If you are after a cheese adjacent late 80s adult MOR blues rock album then this is a supreme example. In the context of her first few albums and how good her voice is though it is hard to escape the feeling that it's all rather insubstantial. However the flip side of that is that it is also decently inoffensive, and in the right mood I’d stick it on again, which lands it as a 3 in my book. 🕰️🕰️🕰️ Playlist submission: Nick of Time

What a lovely blend of styles, speeds, and sounds. Bonnie sounds great across the board.

So 80s. I'm not in the mood tonight.

Decent one.

I probably liked this more at the time. The production, by Don was, is slick and very '80s in places, with a few tracks full of synths and electric pianos, and a little too much reverb on some of the snares. It is still a very good album, the singing and guitar playing, particularly Bonnie's slide is fantastic. The bluesy numbers, some with The Fabulous Thunderbirds are better, elsewhere the sound is very like Eric Clapton’s mid-‘80s output and just sounds a bit dated now.

Bonnie Raitt is one of those artists who I have long respected, yet always seem to forget to reach for when I’m in the mood for some quality female-led blues rock. After listening to this, I played her first two albums and found them to be outstanding. She has earned her reputation and accolades.

If I squint, half of these songs sound like they could be on a Christmas album.

The last, bluesy song was my favorite. I can clearly hear that she's talented musically and she's got a lovely, smooth voice. But the songs on this album overwhelmingly scream Adult Contemporary. It's just sort of lifeless and bland to me. Seems like it's specifically written and performed to appeal to a wide-range of people while remaining completely edgeless. Maybe there's stuff in her catalog that would grab me. There are certainly some hints in that direction on this album, but this one ain't it for me. She seems like a classy lady, overall. Maybe she's got a blues album that'd tickle my fancy.

The first couple of songs of this were actually fantastic - it tailed off a bit after that with some quite generic country pop but it started with real impact

It’s ok. Pretty good in some places.

Raitting this 3/5.

I appreciated the lyrical stories, personality, and the experience of listening to this. I definitely won't be returning to it, not my thing, which is why I give it only three stars, but it was an interesting listen!

Nick Of Time is a great song. Some other nice moments on the album. Unfortunately most of it just sounds like anyone at a shitty dive bar. Which don't get me wrong, has a kind of charm in its own way, however the contrast is just too glaring when we know she's capable of Nick Of Time. But hey, without the foothills we wouldn't have peaks. Grateful for it all. 2.5

Soft Rock. Not bad, but not great. Her passion doesn't come across.

Overproduced to a degree that it doesn’t show off Bonnie Raitt, which is a shame. I love Bonnie Raitt.

Boring and shit

I like country that feels like country. This has not aged well.

The lyrics were sometimes hackneyed. The synths were an little embarrassing. The tracks seemed to veer wildly between a sincere expression of nuanced human emotion and cliché meaningless bullshit. Raitt’s voice is consistently incredible but it’s not quite enough to win me over.

Not too bad, quite nice.

The raw sexism in some of these replies is really something to read. Lotsa little boys in these comments bothered by a woman singing about...being a woman. Raitt's voice, of course, is just gorgeous. And she's a hell of a slide player without being overly showy. Unfortunately, the album's production is typical overly compressed late 80's (at least they don't have a ton of gated drums). It's mellow and lovely. Just roll with it. And pull your heads out of your asses, boys.

High 3. Good album

I enjoyed this album a lot more than I thought I would. High 3 almost a 4

Didn't do nothing to me,

Schmaltzy country music, as bad as it sounds.

I thought this would grab my attention in some way but it was pretty bland. I didn't give it a huge amount of focus but for what I did, I didn't get much out.

I like her voice. I don't like how 1980s department store synthesizer the music sounds. Oh, I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again is a bit better, tho bland. Overall pretty bland.

Songs 4 80s housewives... Doesn't do much for a 28 year old male metalhead in 2024 NGL.

Hmm, totally average bluesy air. Don't understand why it's on the list.

Enjoyed this more than i'd like to admit

While Bonnie's vocals are undeniably fun to listen to, you start to get tired real quick of all the love songs she's belting out. I tried to give it a fair shake, but it's just not for me. Best songs: Thing Called Love, Soon To Tell Worst Songs: Nobody's Girl, The Road's My Middle Name

This one did very little, it was well sung and the lyrics were good but the end result is not musically stimulating.

i could have given this a higher score but i had a bad day

Old fashioned melodic country pop, from an artist I had heard of but not heard before starting this project. Pleasant enough, but absolutely no edge or emotion

Das wäre eine 2 aber was für eine melancholische stimme. Schöne balladen, die schnelleren lieder naja. Peak 80s

Thoughts before listening: This was a big deal when it came out back in the early 90s...at least in terms of radio play and Grammy nominations. Bonnie Raitt has always been a little boring to me, but I also have probably never given her a fair listen. She just feels like a very adult contemporary version of blues rock. Review: Ok so I thought this was the album with "Something to Talk About" on it, but apparently this was the one right before. It also won a bunch of Grammys so I guess Bonnie had a pretty solid run in the late 80s/early 90s. I definitely had the sound pegged though...very adult contemporary with adult lyrics. Today this would likely be categorized as country music, but in the 80s it passed as blues rock I guess. It's technically very good but just not something I'd ever choose to listen to. 3-stars

ehhhhhh this is not really my cup of tea. its that country cheese pop blend that I don't really like.

I can't believe I've never heard this album. Really odd mix of 80s synths and blues rock but with ballad lyrics. Can't say it was my favorite.

I can see my mom dusting the living room to this album on full blast. This album is a total product of its time and worthy of all the late-80s, early-90s praise. That said... hard to imagine going back to it. Keep on dusting, Mom.

classic. 3.5

I really don’t know what to think of this. At first I thought „oh, some cool 80s pop music“ but then it started to become a bit boring in the middle just to get better again in the end. Really hard to judge.

This really disappointed me. Love Letter and the final song were good songs, everything else was generic 80s plodders. Nowhere near enough slide guitar which is what Raitt is actually known for, how did this win album of the year at the Grammys 2.75/5

Un disco estupendo, que le sirvió a Bonnie Raitt para recoger el merecido éxito que llevaba años persiguiendo. En realidad fue desbordante, millones de copias, los Grammy más imporantes batiendo a Travelling Wilburys entre otras lindezas y la aclamación de la crítica. Cuidado que lo que hizo en 2023 no es menor: "Just Like That" ganó el Grammy de canción del año ante Beyoncé o Harry Styles. es decir no estamos ante ninguna One Hit Wonder ni ante una adeveniza. I´m in the mood con Lee Hooker (otro que vivió una inmaculada resurrección en los 90), es un clásico no incluido en este disco sino en The Healer (el de Hooker además de otros que se sumaron a esa redención como Santana) de ese mismo 89. Thing called love es una delicia (John Hiatt) de la que a buen seguro aprendió Shania Twain entre otras muchas. Nick of time es una gozada, imposible que haya alguien a quien no le guste. Cry o my shoulder cuenta en los coros con nada más y nada menos que Dvid Crosby y Graham Nash aunque lo que destaca es la Slide de Raitt. Sheril Crow tomó buena nota de todo ello (Love letter... suena a lo que sonará Tuesday Night Music Club apenas cuatro años después) Real man tiene ese piano a lo Warren Zevon que con la voz de Raitt suena a gloria. Nobody´s girl es una canción que muy pocas pueden interpretar como lo hace ella. Have a heart, tercer single del disco, es la única que ha perdido algo de brillo por la producción ochentera de Don Was, que estuvo magnífico en este álbum. I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again es una delicada balada con el piano de Herbie Hanckock. La voz de Raitt brilla con una luz majestuosa que emociona por su naturalidad y belleza. Cierra con un blues, clásico y muy bie llevado: The Road's My Middle Name. Este disco se publicó en el momento exacto para tener el triunfo, de forma tan merecida como inesperada algo que le pasó sin ir más lejos a Natalie Cole o a Norah Jones años después. Pero Bonnie estuvo antes y lo hizo extremadamente bien. En mi opinión mucho mejor que Garth Brooks... Otros discos de un excelente 89: Stone Roses de Stone Roses, Playing with Fire de Spacemen 3,New York de Lou Reed, Doolitle de Pixies, On Fire de Galaxie 500, Disintegration de The Cure, Paul´s Boutique de los Beastie Boys, Technique de New Order, Freedom de Neil Young, Let Love Rule de Lenny Kravitz, The Seeds of Love de Tears for Fears, Automatic de Jesus and Mary Chain, Love and Rockets de Love and Rockets, Dum-Dum de las Vaselines, Spike de Elvis Costello, Rhythm Nation de Janet Jackson, Mind Bomb de The The, Mothers Milk de los Red Hot Chili Peppers, Full Moon Fever de Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Ojalá Que Llueva Café de Juan Luis Guerra, Shahen-Shah Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, The Raw and the Cooked de los Fine Young Cannibals, Primal Scream de Primal Scream, The Whitey Album de Ciccone Youth, Lōc-ed After Dark de Tone Lōc, 3 Feet High and Rising de De La Soul, 101 de Depeche Mode, Like a Prayer de Madonna, Nick of Time de Bonnie Raitt, No More Mr. Nice Guy de Gang Starr, Raw Like Sushi de Neneh Cherry, The Real Thing de Faith No More, Liquidizer de Jesus Jones, Heart Shaped World de Chris Isaak, Bleach de Nirvana, Velveteen de Transvision Vamp, Pump de Aerosmith, The Healer de John Lee Hooker, Crossroads de Tracy Chapman, Hats de The Blue Nile, All Hail the Queen de Queen Latifah, Done by the Forces of Nature de los Jungle Brothers, Back on the Block de Quincy jones, Me and a Monkey on the Moon de Felt, Ninety de 808 State, Hallelujah EP de los Happy Mondays o Pump Up the Jam de Technotronic, If I Should Fall From Grace With God de The Pogues, Soul II Soul- Club Classics Vol. One. Y como placeres culpables: Cuts Both Ways de Gloria Stefan, Foreign Affair de Tina Turner, ...But Seriously de Phil Collins y Neither Fish Nor Flesh de Terence Trent D'Arby

Not the kind of country / blues I enjoy, that's for sure.

Já, síðníundatugar köntrí. Þetta fer hvorki í taugarnar á mér né gerir neitt fyrir mig. Slick og lítið eftirminnilegt. Ain't gonna let you break my heart er samt smá næs, minnir á Stevie. En það er bara ekki nóg í þrist.

I love her

Is it pop or is it blues? A little country and gospel maybe? A touch of MTV? Yep. All that and a bag of chips. Raitt's 1989 album Nick of Time is a stylistic mélange that exemplifies where the blues were in the 80s. At the same time, it plays well today as an example of Raitt's exquisite songwriting and selection. The mid-to late 80s showed a revival in roots music and blues especially. This was the era of Stevie Ray Vaughn, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Robert Cray, and, of course, Bonnie Raitt. Some, like Vaughn, were pure blues. Raitt, Cray, and others fused traditional blues with 80s pop, creating a new form of pop blues. Nick of Time is one of the best examples of that sound - classic blues guitar mixed with synths and slick production. Without Nick of Time, you don't have Tedeschi Trucks. Without Raitt, Cray, and a few others, blues may have just died out and become a legacy style like ragtime or swing.

I don't understand why this is here. This sounds like the album that Phineas and Ferb's Mom released during her one-hit wonder phase

This album was 2650 days ahead of its time. Meaning that this album sounds like the entire thing was produced in the Super Mario 64 Soundfont. I get this is here because it was popular, but to my modern ears it sounds like shit.

Overall this album is ok. Bad ok, but ok. It's got some good songs at the start of it! But even they are generally forgettable, and when compared with rock/pop bands from a similar era e.g. Bonnie Tyler or Huey Lewis and the News I think this really falls short. Her voice is good; it's the songwriting and production which is just a bit lacklustre. After the first 3 songs the quality really went downhill. Cry on my shoulder I really suffered through. "Thing called love" is a good song. Not great but good. Overall this is a classic 2 star album. Fine, but forgettable.

I appreciate it but wouldn’t listen to it often.

pop mit country-einfluss. zwei bekannte nummern, der rest nett, aber belanglos.

Ich weiss nicht, was begründet, diese Platte auf diese Liste zu setzen. Mir scheint es sehr austauschbare und nicht bleibende Musik zu sein.

Ew. No.

So many points for Nick of Time. The rest is lovely.

pretty melodies and amazing ballads. what a voice

better than expected. More bluesy than I thought

This album is fine. The songs are all of decent quality but not that notable, and it doesn’t overstay its welcome. I don’t have any strong feelings on it, but I guess I’m okay with it being here.

Totally listenable, no highlights. Won't return.

That's fine.

This wasn’t a bad listen by any means. I liked Bonnie’s voice and a lot of the tracks had a good sound, but I felt it trailed off a bit towards the end as many albums do. Still listenable but I was bored for the second half

Yeah, 80s coumtry inspired pop. Cant make me happy with that.

Simple, bluesy, fun.

Heard of her before but never really listened. Sounds nice but most likely will never listen to it again

Has some cool stuff. Bit boring at times

At first I was kind of interested in listening to something that was completely new to me, but this pop album full of love ballads really isn't my thing. I kind of like the late 80s synths throughout the album, but they are honestly implemented in some of the most basic and safe ways possible. Every song being essentially the same doesn't help the score here either. Have a Heart is ok, so is Nick of Time.

She's got some kinda comforting soul to her. Like country blues but tweaked, can't quite describe it.

mi sta a calà il sonno...

This album has a country base with jazzy elements. It’s smooth but sappy. I definitely hear it as a precursor to Norah Jones.

Not really my type.

Not really my cup of tea. Some nice moments but not enough. Hard to give it a good Raitting

Enjoyable country singing

This reminded me that I should listen to Bonnie more. Such feel good music.

Amazing slide playing, polished yet gritty country pop. Easy to listen to songs.

Favorite Track: Nick Of Time

Sweet, but not so catchy

Bonnie has a few good songs, but not a whole album of good songs

A good voice and good music, though I don't listen to country much at all.

Nick of Time? More like waste of time, amirite? Not for me

Nice US, bluesy

Ended up enjoying this just fine. Not really something I would listen to otherwise. But I liked it.

Ha ez az album a rrrrrohadtul semmitmondó lifteszenéket kitermelő 80-as évek summázása, akkor teljesen meg tudom érteni, mit keres ezen a listán, de egyébként gőzöm sincs. Az egyest az igazán szaroknak tartogatom, de ez annyira középszar, hogy még csak azt sem érdemli ki.

reménykedtem valamiért, hogy nem olyan lesz, mint amilyen a borítója. pont olyan sajnos.

It's really an incredibly underwhelming album. And I'm not even against the country pop, Nashville type of sound (except the garbage of today). But this wasn't innovative while also not being all that fun. Still, it'd had just a bit of fun to it to not rate a 1.

# 327 : Started off ok but got a little boring towards the end. Nothing special and a whole lot of meh. Who did she pay to get the Grammy? Another album which makes you reconsider whether there are as many as 1,001 albums you MUST listen to before you die. Best song : Nobody's Girl

She seems like a very nice lady

This is not my cup of tea, but given my expectations for hating this, I'm pleasantly surprised. It's kinda good in the same way that mid-80s George Harrison is good - "Got My Mind Set On You" era George, that is. It's not really what I'd go out of my way to listen to, and if I were to walk into an establishment that was blasting music that sounded like this, I've made a few wrong turns, but yeah, that's a long way of saying "this ain't that bad, I guess". Still just a 2 from me, but saying I like it will win me brownie points with my partner's mom, so I'm willing to listen to the whole album.

Maybe I don't like music after all

This list is going to kill me.

"Nick Of Time" more like "Waste Of Time". This challenge is just like the Grammy Awards, a total joke.

wow she looks a lot like dominique dipierro from mr robot, did she time travel?

Competent enough. Sits in a weird blues pop zone not many do? So respect I guess for that. Hiatt song naturally the strongest, she does good with his stuff.

Really enjoyed that. Beginning to think I’m just a Country boy at heart…

September 13, 2024 HL: title track, "Love Letter", "Have a Heart", "I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again" The only song I knew before today was "Have a Heart" Think this album's greatness lies mainly in opening the door for later Bonnie Raitt albums, though there are some great songs here. The opener & closer are enjoyable, though together they represent the unevenness of Nick of Time; slick 80s pop contrasting hard-hitting blues 3.5

First Raitt album I bought. Sounds dated now, but a decent representation and decent songs.

Very meh, ok album. The blues elements were pretty good, the country elements less so. 2.5/5 -> 3/5

i really want to like bonnie raitt's music but every time i've listened to this album i have been absolutely middled by it. despite its wide acclaim, really outside of a handful of songs, this album is just really not a whole lot to me. bonnie's songwriting is pretty good at times and her voice is iconic. but, quite frankly, some of the stuff here is just boring. the highlights to me are the first three tracks (the title track, 'thing called love,' and, 'love letter') and i could take or leave the rest. it's not bad, it's just really middle of the road for me. i'm always a little perplexed why it has such a huge reputation.

This album tries to do too much while simultaneously being cookie-cutter. Like, there's country and blues rock, but also some of what sounds like R&B (almost Sade-like). Nothing seemed super special about the lyrical content, some of it falling under standard country fare to my ears. Now I have nothing against Raitt, her next album has some good stuff, but I was honestly surprised to see that this album won a Grammy in 1990.

Actually not bad. Maybe this list has broken me down with the amount of turgid country on it. Inoffensive, not my style but whatever, some catchy tunes but nothing to write home about. Alright.

It isn't good, it isn't bad. What it is is mediocre. Why is it on this list? There is nothing remarkable about this in any way

I get that she's a great, but, this didn't really grab me.

Country legalizinho

Kiva että oli rockimpi, etenkin lopun enempi vähempi bluesihtavuus vetosi, kun alun megakasarista päästiin. Hyvä ääni, jotenkin herttainen, ei olla ollenkaan kovistelemassa, on vain vähän kiire tien päälle. You go, girl. Vähän sais silti olla mielenkiintoisempi, nyt vähän muovi.

Muutama biisi ja kasa kalkuloitua filleriä riitti tekemään hänestä relevantin 80-luvun lopun bisneksessä. Biisit ovat hyviä. Jääköön filleri historian arvioitavaksi.

Too 80s, too poppy, too country for me. Just not my vibe at all. I can respect it though. As far as this kind of music goes it's much more tolerable to me than most, and I can tell that it had artistic thought and creativity put into it.

Just sounds like a very generic 80s pop album? It changes a bit the genre throughout the album, but still nothing special.

75% Best: Nick of Time; Love Letter; Too Soon to Tell; I Will Not Be Denied; I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again Must-Hear? Not quite

Can’t let gang know I fw this, wonderful 80’s soft pop w/ just a hint of twang, super cool.

Ah, Bonnie Raitt. She had that magic power, possessed by few, to sing words that sound truer sung than spoken. There's something about her lyrics that are so simple, plain, and just ring out in her voice. I don't really know how it works, how you get that ability. But she's got it. And that makes her lines cut to the core more than most. She's also straddling this line on most of the songs– they're definitely commercial, but not overly. A production style of a certain time– plenty of Prince influence here, which I was surprised by– but never too much. Never so much to distract from her performance and her delivery, her gift. I love it and I love her. 4/5

Slickly produced adult contemporary pop with blues and country touches. Highlights: "Nick of Time" (solid adult contemporary song although the dance-y backbeat doesn't really fit the melancholic tone of the lyrics, singing, and other music.), "Thing Called Love" (catchy chorus), "Real Man" (piano work gives it a bit of a different vibe) Notable: "Nobody's Girl" (sounds like a Sheryl Crow song)

This wasn't bad, but it also wasn't won-three-Grammys-and-topped-the-charts kinda good. Favorites: "Thing Called Love", "Love Letter"

Very good album. Hadn't heard much from her before, but she has a nice voice and a bluesy rock feel. I had expected more of a country sound but was pleasantly surprised.

167/1001

I couldn’t tell you how this album stacks up to other Bonnie Raitt albums, but that’s only because there is nothing about her that should have connected with me when I was eight years old and she was releasing albums. I’ve always thought there was something fairly Nancy Meyers-esque about her music. But I like Nancy Meyers, even if I’m not the target audience. Same goes with Bonnie Raitt. Great blues/country-ish music. Great album.

blues rock with a hint of americana. smooth vocals. very polished sound.

She’s good and all but I’m not sure why this album was selected for this project.

This has to be the kind of album "you had to be there" to appreciate. There's nothing here that makes it set itself apart from anything that ever was and has been since. Do we, in the year of our lord 2024, really need to hear this before we die? Probably not. Key tracks: Nick of Time

Let's stop shitting on Bonnie Raitt and start respecting the fact that she had the guts to combine country with crappy 80s synthpop, and to do it all 20 years past her prime, too. Truly praiseworthy. I salute your terrible decision-making, Bonnie 🫡

There's some good licks here but not enough is making me sit up and pay attention. Real Man has a bit of actual drive at least. Too many slower tracks that meander around and don't get anywhere. Middle school slow dance isn't an aesthetic I need to revisit. The rest isn't good enough either. Too country, or too bland, I don't know.

Bonnie gets her groove back. I can't stand late 80s production, but I can look past it when the talent's there. The title song is still strong. It's not pop country! Adult-oriented blues?

I liked it more than expected, sometimes a bit middle of the road. Great songs and performance though

Well I got thru it, I really did expect at least something here to grab me considering the love and adoration Bonnie seems to have… This is such generic, commercial trash. If she had something special to overcome the stale lyrics, that’d be something but no there’s really nothing exciting or fresh at all here. I get it, you’re independent and people get old, whatever Bonnie. Also, what the fuck is that weird ass belt you’re fingering on the cover? This sucks 2 stars

Groovy! Suprisingly great songs 🤠

Incorporating rock music only works if it wasn't treated like a wounded pigeon. One should smash her head in it. Sell her soul for it. Channel her deepest inner turmoil in it. Rock works if one is sincere and daring.

Sério, não percebi nada para consegui dar uma nota, assim uma estrela pela voz dela.

Nah.

- 2 because it's Bonnie Raitt .... -

This is a clear progenitor to 90s pop country. I like 90s pop country to a point. You can make a pretty fire playlist out of it for sitting around a campfire. But it also has a very narrow lane for being good and it's easy for it to fall to pretty awful. This album didn't really hit the mark. It is just kind of nothing. Too bland for anything over a 2. Not so bad that it gets a 1.

Boring, repetitive and horribly produced.

The kimono, divorced housewife energy of this album is unmatched.

Middle of the road

I don't know whether this is a perfect expression of country/pop in the late 80s or oddly bland. It's taken lots of awards and plaudits (though in the UK we have never heard of it/her) so it means something, and it's not a bad album really. I'm going to give it a break.

Grata sorpresa, no conocía ni a la artista ni sus canciones. En el primer tema casi me siento en una sala de espera médica, pero de ahí en adelante no hace más que mejorar. Y además en diversos ritmos, todos muy bien interpretados. Hermoso descubrimiento

So ‘preferred’ is a very strong term here, but the more upbeat slide guitar/generic 80s rock/pop ones were better. Overall, not unpleasant as such, but an uninspiring jaunt through a few country/ballad/AOR styles, with a grating 80s twist. Obvs will never listen again. Gets a solid 2 when taking into account the epic lady-mullet on the album cover.

Bluesy, quite like it. Think my clapping dance moves would fit in at her concert.

Fav: Love Letter Least Fav: Have A Heart

Very good

Almost painfully generic and absolutely forgettable. Listening to this album feels like having to drink a bottle of water when you're not thirsty.

Just boring

After having just praised The The for their unmistakably 80s sound, I chuckled over how the first few bars of this album made me cringe for its also unmistakably 80s sound - synthy, smooth jazzy shlock. While the instrumentation on much of this album is a terrible time capsule of a part of 80s music in which blues and R&B became horribly watered down, Bonnie's voice is phenomenal. It saves the album. But just barely

Not really my type of music

Nice

I'm sure this is good ... if you like the cheesiest music in the history of the world. I am put in mind of plastic tablecloths in a tatty American diner. She can sing, and play the guitar - so an extra star for that. "You think I'm blind, but I've got eyes to see." And I have ears to listen - this is bad.

Awful