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Anne Murray/Glen Campbell
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Album: Anne Murray/Glen Campbell
Artist: Anne Murray
Genre: Country
A delightful half hour with {$Anne Murray} and {$Glen Campbell}, the two singers looking like lovers on the front cover, casually dressed, {$Murray}'s smiling profile face to face with the man nine years her senior. The music inside, produced and arranged by {$Brian Ahern} and {$Al DeLory}, is perfect light {\country-pop}. There are no hits here, though that is surprising, both {&"Canadian Sunset"} and {&"Bring Back the Love"} should have been contenders. At times {$Campbell}'s voice overpowers {$Murray}, but it doesn't detract from the album. The familiarity of these personalities on a well-crafted set of songs works for their audience as well as those who enjoy middle-of-the-road music which can fade into the background. {&"United We Stand"} is a nice duet between the two, but it is missing the production punch that made {$Brotherhood of Man}'s version so special the year before. Though there are strings on the interesting version of {$Randy Newman}'s {&"Love Story (You & Me),"} for the most part the album is produced very low-key, letting {$Anne} and {$Glen} do their thing without heavy sounds barging in. {$Murray} does a nice job opening up {$Hoyt Axton}'s almost gospel-ish {&"Ease Your Pain,"} {$Campbell} making it {\country-pop} when he gets his chance at the microphone. {$Glen} had two hits with duets with {$Bobbie Gentry} and in 1976 broke the Top 30 with a medley, {&"Don't Pull Your Love"}/{&"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye."} Here he takes his first hit, {$Jimmy Webb}'s {&"By the Time I Get to Phoenix,"} and is offset by {$Anne Murray} crooning {$Bacharach/David}'s {&"I Say a Little Prayer."} He's leaving, and she's praying he won't. Everything here has a special charm, {&"Let Me Be the One"} as pleasant as the opening track, {&"You're Easy to Love,"} and the nice {\country} finish that is {$Dallas Frazier}'s {&"My Ecstasy"} just as satisfying. It's a good job from both singers, and worthy of an encore. ~ Joe Viglione, All Music Guide

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