I’ve always preferred the 1997 version. But isolating her voice this way has given me a new appreciation of the 1977 vocals. Somehow her voice alongside the full band doesn’t land the way I want it to, but when it’s her with just guitar the effect is disarming. Fragile yet supple, she handles the verses especially well.
Her voice changed after 1978 and I really dig the dropped register, and the growls and scratches we hear on “Angel” and “Edge.” Still, this is evidence of her very pretty folk-country abilities.
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