DENISE JAMES
It's Not Enough To Love (Rainbow Quartz)
Reviewed by John Sekerka

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One that easily passes under the radar: uninspiring packaging, a throw away album title, a placid sixties style pop formula, and a love hurts theme. Ouchie. But hey, after a while all those tambourine rattles, and all those Shangri-La harmonies, and all those jingle jangly guitars take hold, and pretty soon the mirror ball spotlighting sweaty teens groping on the gym dance floor becomes crystal clear. Denise James has the voice of an angel, the hair a swarm of bees want to make home, and the music magic that ruled AM airways back in the day. Burt Bacharach used to pull this perfect pop stuff off. A throw back? Yeah, and what of it?

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