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`...it is Griffin`s voice -- its clear, natural force and her disciplined way with vibrato -- that hits you first on Children Running Through, in the spare, sultry bravado of the opening song, "You`ll Remember." It is, like many of the songs here, a good riddance to trouble and those who start it, and the virtually empty arrangement -- walking bass and brushed drums -- gives Griffin plenty of room to show off the brassy determination underlining the country-comfort delicacy of her singing. Some of the sass here is on the outside. Encouraged by snorting saxes and ash-can drumming, Griffin shows how much blues singer she has in her, minus the affectations, in "Stay on the Ride." And she`s no barn-dance wallflower in "Getting Ready," which comes with jolts of guitar distortion and even feedback.... 3 1/2 STARS ` -- David Fricke, Rollingstone.com (ATO)
