A Transitional Album
04/26/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Sally's early albums (especially "Water Bearer", "Easy", and "Playing in the Flame") are prime examples of an innovative and creative folk-pop style, with some jazz mixed in here and there. Her later labums, like "Instincts", "Femme", and "Natasha" are a blander adult contemporary pop which, while pleasant to listen to, is nothing to get excited about. This album, "Strange Day in Berlin" is a a transitional album that still shows some of the creative spirit of the early albums, while starting to move towards the less remarkable pop of the later albums. The best tunes on this are the title track, and the rather spacey-sounding anthem of romantic despair, "10 Million Light Years from Home", but there's nothing that can really compare to any of her earlier stuff."