Reviewed by Mike Rimmer

I recall many years ago seeing Syd Little and Eddie Large doing a comedy sketch as Wayne Sleep and Bonnie Langford (I kid you not!). After one dance routine had gone disastrously wrong, Bonnie/Eddie picked her/himself up and chirped, "Gosh, Wayne, that was absolutely average!" I had that feeling when I listened to this album. This is a rather run-of-the-mill example of US power pop/rock, with guitars and keyboards laying down a busy sound over some serious drumming. What lets it down for me is the quality of the songwriting: I've played the album several times and I honestly can't remember a single song. Jessica's vocals are slightly echoey and rather breathy/squeaky at times, and her voice is competent but with little to really make it stand out: Jillian or Ashley Cleveland she isn't. There's a note on the sleeve declaring that all profits from the album are for charity. If I ever see that, and the product isn't up to scratch, it makes me a little sad. "It'll do" shouldn't be in a Christian vocabulary, especially when said Christian is in any way creative, and this album has an air of "It'll do" about it.

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