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A decent mishmash in the Dream Babes series

uthungus | San Francisco, CA | 04/30/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Not my favorite of the "Dream Babes" series after first buying Volume 1 and being delighted by all of the novelty sounds; but there are some good, notable works on this one. The sound of the collection is much more of a "late sixties/early seventies" feel when music got a little less light and took on more seriousness of tone ("Don't Leave Me", "And Now I Cry", "I did Nothing Wrong"). The one tune on it, "People Will Talk" by the Three Quarters struck me as an oddity among more "grown-up" tunes only because of its fun and intoxicating, almost Calypso beat! It honestly took me about two weeks listening to it to finally realize the girls' "Shoo-wop" jargon is "She-ray la-ray la-ray"! Definitely a song that sticks in your head all day! What I also benefited from purchasing this was the "accidental" personal discovery of the AMAZINGLY talented Helen Shapiro ("He Knows How To Love Me"). It made me go on to seek out more of her work which I truly love. I had actually never heard of her before (only getting the "Americanized" versions of standard, biased "oldies") and neither had any of my other collector colleagues! It just goes to show what expanding your horizons a little can turn up sometimes!"