Search - Lynn Miles :: Love Sweet Love

One of her Very Best-- which is saying a lot

E. C Goodstein | Northern CA United States | 03/01/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I like this album even more than "Unravel," and I do like that. In fact, I think it's her best since the beautiful first one, "Slightly Haunted." There are some pop hooks here, but I think that enhances things, and used well, not as filler or a crutch. Her slightly weathered voice (now) is used beautifully, in sync with the lyrics and accompaniment. Miles has pared down some of the complexity of her songs, but if anything they pack just as much, if not more, punch for that. She won two well deserved awards at the Canadian Folk Awards for this album (Including Best Contemporary Songwriter), and you can see why here. The album just moves me a lot with each listen."

Songs of experience

Jerome Clark | Canby, Minnesota | 03/02/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The confessional singer-songwriter is not ordinarily a performer to my taste, but Lynn Miles, whom I am hearing for the first time on this CD, does the style honorably. These are songs of adult experience -- loneliness, heartbreak, sexuality, escape -- that neither cloy nor collapse into narcissistic obsessiveness. They sound real, as in vividly drawn stories and emotions from recognizable life. Miles is a strong, expressive singer, especially effective on nourish excursions such as "Night Drive," "8 Hour Drive," and "This Is the Night." Though I approached this recording with a certain skepticism, I was pleasantly surprised to discover a significant -- if so far overlooked -- talent. Let's hope this CD gets Miles the attention she deserves south of the Canadian border."