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You Gotta Sin To Get Saved

Maria McKee | Format: Audio CD
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (20 Mar 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Spectrum Audio
  • ASIN: B000026E3R
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 16,557 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  1. I'm Gonna Soothe You 3:40£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. My Lonely Sad Eyes 2:43£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. My Girlhood Among The Outlaws 3:45£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Only Once 4:04£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. I Forgive You 5:12£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. I Can't Make It Alone 3:38£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Precious Time 3:39£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. The Way Young Lovers Do 3:30£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Why Wasn't I More Grateful (When Life Was Sweet) 5:06£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen10. You Gotta Sin To Be Saved 5:52£0.69  Buy MP3 

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A grower, but very worth listening 4 Dec 2004
By J. H. Bateman
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This album initially disappointed (as I'd got her others before, which set a very high standard!), but has definitely grown on me. The opening 'I'm Gonna Soothe You' is fantastic, and there's a nice variety of styles (particularly 'The Way Young Lovers Do' and the uproarious title track). I still feel her voice and songwriting are better on her other solo albums, but listening again the conviction in her voice has won me over afresh. This has more country material than her more baroque works (like Life Is Sweet, her next album), and is a gentler introduction to her work, along with her eponymous debut.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Knowing, talented, clever, but lacking in conviction. 12 April 2000
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Maria's second solo album is a good one but is lacking in something. A number of cover versions are here, which make it more accessible to casual passers-by, and generally they are quite faithful to their sources and better delivered... yet I feel sure this lady peaks with her own material, and it is these tracks which lift this album up to 4 stars (or maybe I can't bring myself to truly love the Van Morrison numbers). 'I'm Gonna Soothe You' is wonderfully sensuous: "My touch is gentle, my body is warm... let me kiss your tears away... lay your head on my breast, I'll do the rest"... er, where was I? That bittersweet feeling is conjured up once again in 'Only Once' and the vocal arrangements give real weight to 'I Forgive You' and the tongue in cheek title track. Worth wasting some precious time over.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars The voice saves it 5 Jan 2009
By R. Brewer
Format:Audio CD
It was always going to be a tall order... Maria Mckee's sparkling eponymous debut album was deserving of all the plaudits it got. So, four years later and the difficult second album comes laden with expectation. In the end it's not surprising that 'You Gotta Sin' doesn't match her debut (ignore the Amazon review insisting 'You Gotta Sin' is a better album - that's just silly). What is surprising is that it is better than it actually should be: A lack of quality songs, too many cover versions, an unhealthy reliance on named session players, and a production team who wouldn't know EQ if it smacked them in the face conspires against this album succeeding, but it just about does.

The reason it works is all down to Maria. Despite the questionable quality of the songs and shameful production, luckily for us, she is at the top of her game and her voice soars, pierces and pushes its way into your mind like some delicious torture. Even the plastic soul of 'I'm Gonna Soothe You' touches you; the way her voice teases it's way through the semi erotic lyric should carry a health warning.

Unfortunately there are more just ok songs than oustanding ones. The worst two - 'I Forgive You' and 'I Can't Make it Alone', the result of some appalling production. 'I Forgive You' has everything thrown in but the kitchen sink and as a result just turns out to be an over-the-top mess (a more subtle and therefore much better version is on the Live at the BBC album) and the latter - a Goffin/King classic - sounds like some poor demo, with a bass riff devoid of any bottom end and the drummer sounding like he's using a packing case for a snare. If you've ever heard Dusty Springfield's version you'll appreciate that Maria shouldn't have gone anywhere near this song.... Read more ›
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