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Originally Posted by nicepace
I realize the question is what SONGS do we like the best, but it's really impossible to separate out the song from the production.
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I agree. This is a major reason why I prefer ITM to the 1984 record. On ITM, she sounds relaxed and laid back, even when the occasional song is hard-driving and “up”. The arrangements are occasionally a little static (non-narrative David once said) but the sound is bright, breezy, and spacious.
The 1984 has great highlights (One in a Million, Ask Anybody, and Smile I Live For are top tier) but overall the slick cliches in the production and the three non-Christine songs on side 2 drag the album into middle-of-the-road territory. About half the album really hits. The other half is, to me, forgettable. By comparison, I can listen to ITM straight through…