Nine Lives
I have to agree with the other reviews in regards to the overall quality of this. The sound of this whole mixed bag of tunes was way off for Bonnie Raitt and I believe she did what she could to regroup herself after the dissapointment in not being able to release her "Tounge and Groove" project in 1983 and only some of the songs made it to this, for the most part, failed effort. Everytime I hear "True love is hard to find" and hear the great Sippie Wallace singing background vocals along with Bonnie in her last years will forever bring a smile to me. Those were strange times, trying to be heard next to the likes of all the wild music coming out from The Cure, The Cars to Echo to The Thompson Twins, Culture Club, Cyndi Lauper etc, Bonnie refused to be sold as a sexual artist and she suffered because the music seemed to be all about gimmicks and video flash. This was a very low point in Bonnies career and I think she pulled herself together once she got away from Warner Bros. and committed herself to what would be her greatest years to come throughtout the 1990's
