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For someone who's produced albums of the substantial bite of "No Secrets" and "Anticipation," Simon's capable of the most crass banalities. On half of ["Another Passenger"] she appears to be striving to recapture the sardonic wit of "You're So Vain" but falling miserably short, while the rest show all the symptoms of half-hearted fillers…. When she tries to rock she ends up in a trot, and her attempts at tenderness finish flat. On the few occasions that she captures the right mood in her performance, the songs are either frivolous or lacking in credibility. The good track is "In Times When My Head," a ballad which deals with the guilt complex of an unfaithful woman, but even that has suspicions of cliché, though it's the only time the song and performance are consistent. "Be With Me" is a moderately pretty love song…. But otherwise she tackles subjects which...
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