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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="368"> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="1"> <tr> <td width="177"><font size="5" face="Arial">Artist:</font></td> <td width="368"><font size="6" face="Arial">The Judds</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="177"><font size="5" face="Arial">Title:</font></td> <td width="368"><font size="5" face="Arial">"Reunion Live - 12/31/99 Phoenix"</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="177"><font face="Arial">Label:</font></td> <td width="368"><font face="Arial">Curb Mercury </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="177"><font face="Arial">Reviewed by:</font></td> <td width="368"><font face="Arial">Joe Hartlaub</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="177"><font face="Arial">Rating:</font></td> <td width="368"><img src="http://www.music-reviewer.com/graphics/2.gif" width="129" height="35"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="177"><a href="http://www.cdnow.com/switch/from=cr-4255083/target=buyweb_purchase/itemid=1184302"><img src="http://www.music-reviewer.com/graphics/hear.gif" border="0" width="165" height="32"></a> </td> <td width="368"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="177"> </td> <td width="368"> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Arial"> It all seems like a bad memory, now, but it was only seven months ago or so that there was some concern that when the clock struck midnight on January 1, 2000, the Y2K bug would bite, meaning that the computers were all going to say "see ya" and we would all be sitting around campfires gnawing on barbecued doggies or something. Apparently, the Judds, that's Wynonna, Naomi, and sister/daughter Ashley weren't worried about this, because they had themselves a reunion concert in Phoenix that night and taped it. And if this double CD of the concert is any indication, even if Y2K had happened, this concert would have been the bigger disaster of the two. <P> I knew there was trouble when I looked at the times on the songs. 7:50 for "Love Can Build a Bridge"? Uh oh. I don't think that means extended guitar solos or piano jams. No, instead we get diarrhea of the mouth from the ladies Judd, who in all their years of showbiz apparently haven't mastered the art of stage patter. Or if they did, they have forgotten it. This problem permeates both CDs. Even when they begin to hit the mark (an unfortunately rare occurrence here) on songs like "Why Not Me" or "Mama He's Crazy" someone has to chirrup about what a good time they're havin' and the big Mo is stopped before it barely gets started. Maybe they thought they were in Vegas or something. And of course they're talking about their various outfits all of the time, which means absolutely nothing to those of us, listening to this trainwreck in our living rooms like Jose Feliciano, having no idea what is going on. Maybe they should have shipped this with a video. <P> The sound here leaves a lot to be desired, too. The fireworks that go off at midnight during "Auld Lang Syne" make the CD sound as if it's defective, instead of sounding like fireworks. No dynamics here, no nothin'. Two CDs, over 100 minutes of inane chatter interspersed with music. You'll swear it takes three days to listen to. It's like being trapped in the lounge at a Comfort Inn in Tridelphia, Ohio listening to a cover band that insists, by God, that you're gonna sing along. "Why Not Me"? Maybe Kris Kristofferson's "Why Me, Lord" would be more appropriate. Two stars here, not for the music, but for the unintentional laughs. </font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div> </body> </html>