Since her stint on Rockstar INXS Suzie has had some moderate success but it seems she doesn't get much promotion from her label when new material is released. It's almost like they just put it on the shelves and if it sells or radio picks it up great if not oh well. Dear Love arrived with no fan fare at all and I didn't even know it existed until I saw it online somewhere. Now three albums into her career and she's been pretty decent overall so I have hopes that this album is little more of a turn upward for her because she can sing well and deserves a little attention south of the border as well. This album does have some OK pop songs on it like "Drama Queen" which is a happy little tune that sounds pretty similar to the current crop of pop chicks. I used to have a huge issue with chick singers because they would never rock it out over the course of an album. Most of their albums were filled with gooey torch songs and barely listenable ballads. Well that's exactly what happened on Dear Love. The album has too many cheesy ballads and awful torch songs. If I wanted to listen to this shit I'd put on the gawd awful Beyonce or Mariah Carey.
Suzie records a cover of the Eurythmics classic "Here Comes The Rain Again" speeding up the track so it is danceable and overall it is good I give it a passing grade but the original is far superior and honestly nobody will ever cover an Eurythmics classic improving the original Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were something special and original. The Disney kids pop "Tough Love" sounds like it should be on a Victoria Duffield album or Bridgit Mendler album and I like some of the Disney pop stuff but thirty year old woman that are supposed to be rockers should actually try making a rock album. With that said "In Luv Tonite" is a very good Katy Perry styled pop song and I will listen to it many times I'm sure. If this album would have used real musical instruments and less digital processing was done to what real instruments were used I think it would have been better.
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