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 | | Wing really hit her stride on this release, with way-out interpretations of Andrew Lloyd Webber hits like "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" and "Memory." Five other Webber songs are repeated from Wing's debut (I don't know whether they're re-recordings), making me wonder if the original concept was to make a full Webber tribute album. |
 | | Wing does her best to disrupt the predictability of the band's pop-disco treacle, doing her rubato, quavering routine to full effect on the title track, and performing startling renovations on "Chiquitita." Unfortunately, there are a lot of numbers she can't do anything to save ("Knowing Me Knowing You"; "Mama Mia"). |
 | | There are a few tracks where Wing really cuts loose, though, and they're incredible: "So Long, Farewell," with an indescribable coda of prolonged high notes, and "My Favorite Things," which she reinvents every bit as radically as John Coltrane had. |
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