Rating: 3
I probably am not comfortable enough with myself to keep this album even if I did like it. Fortunately, I don't! In fairness, I don't really know much about the movie for which this is the soundtrack, but the album consists of Bette Midler singing a mix of old standards and dated adult contemporary ballads. The most famous song here is "Wind Beneath My Wings," which is the best song Diane Warren never wrote. It has a nice melody, though. Unsurprisingly, the old songs fare better as they have more stripped-down arrangements, the exception being a horrid cover of "Under the Boardwalk," which is of course the first song on the album. But ultimately, there's not a lot to say about this record, and even if it was all covers of old standards, there wouldn't be much point to keep it around. Blue bin!
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