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 - It's distractingI expected to like this album--I heard "This Is How It Goes" on Pandora and really liked it. Unfortunately, as others have noticed, her accent becomes annoying very quickly. I realize that sounds like a petty complaint, but the fact is, it's distracting to a lot of her would-be listeners. I found it completely pulling me out of the music to contemplate why "white" sounds like "woit" and "light" sounds like "loit." I'd never advocate anyone changing their accent or anything about who they are to please people or sell CDs, but it's also an unavoidable reality that the accent takes away from the enjoyment many of us might have experienced listening to her CD. At this point, it's hard to listen to the CD in one sitting because the vocals grate on me, and that's really a shame. Rating:  - Grating vocals...At first I thought it was going to be Ok but by the third track the vocals were just annoying, especially those awful "harmonies". The music itself is pretty bland. Pretty much what you'd expect if you put a bunch of studio musicians together for a couple of days to make an album. The only interesting touch was the strings (probably the only thing I really liked on this album). Everything else has been done to death before. Buy this only if you've never heard any other sort of music or you're one of those people who strongly believe that all singers should have faux olde-worlde names and matching accents. Rating:  - Missy is dinkie die true blueThis CD is just awesome..her lyrics are fantastic and her singing voice has a sarcastic edge to it that makes it so Aussie I can't even explain it. I can't believe all this babble about her accent being fake. She is from Melbourne, a city founded primarily by free Settlers, as opposed to Irish Convicts in Sydney and Hobart. The free settlers were often of Scottish (as well as a Irish and a few Scouses) decent which makes the Melbourne accent slightly different to Sydney, its more nasal, like a Kiwi accent is.. So for all you babbling on about how a freakin Aussies sounds (I doubt many of you seppos (Americans) know the word is pronounced Ozzie not Ussie, like Ozzie Osbourne and or how to actually pronounce Melbourne) all the Aussies are saying she is dinkie die true blue mate (and yeah thats means really Australian)..so why not listen to us. Rating: - Amazing lyrics and harmoniesMissy Higgins's debut cd is amazing and her live performances are even better. Her sound is clear and resonating with warm tones. I wish her second cd, "Steer" was available in the US, but you can listen to all of her tracts for free on [...] Rating: - Horrible voiceDoesn't matter what kind of accent it is, that voice is just dreadful. She is like the female Bob Dylan. Can I put a negative star on this?
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