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Judging from her latest album Brave and Crazy, Melissa Etheridge has a love life you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy...
...Brave and Crazy...
Etheridge, who opened for Little Feat's summer tour, rocked crowds into a frenzy (a nearly impossible task for an opening band) with the energy and emotion in songs from her first album like "Occasionally" and "Like the Way I Do." Brave and Crazy, while it treads most of the same musical ground as Melissa Etheridge, possesses the same vibrant vocals as the first album...
...problem listeners might find with Brave and Crazy is that many of the songs sound alike, and virtually all have similar lyrics. Typical is "No Souvenirs," the first cut of the album that allows Etheridge's voice to range from melodic ballad to a bluesy rap: like most of the rest of the album, however, it follows a standard pattern of alternating a slow, mournful verse with a fast, angry refrain...
Other notable songs include "Brave and Crazy," which mixes a funky bass beat with rough, pleading vocals and "You Can Sleep While I Drive." a ballad not unlike Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car." In "Skin Deep." a savage song about superficial love. Etheridge proves that no one can sing "baby" quite like...