Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: I'm being generous with 2 Stars

What CD were the other reviewers listening to? As a fan of Alf's since the Yazoo days - every release of hers is a must for these ears....however I was cringeing at this poorly produced mish mash of standards. Someone wrote that this was finally a showcase for her voice...these cuts are so unemotive and flat I could not disagree more. Listen to her soaring vocals on ESSEX or RAINDANCING and you can fathom the incredible vocal prowess of this very underrated singer. I don't understand one reason why this recording was released. Perhaps she needed to finish a contract. Horrible disappointed.