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August 7, 1998

Bette Covers Ben Folds, Leonard Cohen

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February 15, 1998

BETTE MIDLER

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On her new album, Bette Midler has gone into the studio with a master of makeovers, producer Don Was, and ended up sounding pretty much the same. That's a good thing. With the exception of the diva dance-club number "Bless You Child," Bette finds Midler backed by her touring band, working ballads...

2000 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

No Frills

1983

Thighs And Whispers

1979

Broken Blossom

1977

Songs For The New Depression

1976

Bette Midler

1973

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Bette Midler touched off a nostalgia boom in the '70s with The Divine Miss M and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," but warm-'n'-fuzzy tunnel vision really wasn't her style--at first. Her audaciously theatrical delivery and campy, taste-zapping zest for life can still strike a listener like a cold slap in the face. She could play the bawdy mama act to the hilt, yet Midler also found the emotional center...

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