Runner up in the 16th Anual Billboard World Song Contest
Smith has made a fine album in which listeners can make a sport of detecting her influences. The opener "You just know" could be a distaff Tom Petty, while "Can't Get You Out of My Mind" nicks The Beatles' guitar figure for "I Feel Fine" (or "Eight Days a Week", pardon my confusion). Impeccable sources, anyway, and producer John Ellis has helped her fashion an earthy roots-rock with dashes of Hammond organ, banjo and steel guitar...
Tom Harrison - The Province
"Cradle of Secrets" is a real treat. Marilyn rocks with a nice country flavour!
Brian Hazelbower - CHLY Radio, Nanaimo
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