For a while it looked like Welsh bigger-than-life music legend might seriously update her sound and trough collaborations with new generation of hipsters even became seriously relevant again. As her new album shows, Bassey is either comfortable at where she is at this point of her life (still performing sold-out concerts, still selling her back catalogue re-recorded and re-packaged in various disguises) or can't be bothered with expanding far out of her comfort zone. So its back to the ballads, back to the covers and easy-listening repertoire that she did for decades.
Its not so much fault of singer herself who does what she always did, gives her best as usual and blasts the roof with that authoritative operatic voice as much with her advisers or managers who couldn't find anything that has not been done before. Another "Goldfinger"? "I'm Still Here"? Even when things get lively like in "We Got Music" I couldn't help but think about her early 1970s pop albums when she already did this kind of thing, covering "Spinning Wheel". The duet with current young kid ("Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend") is cute but its just a gimmick to promote Christmas sales. The rest is basically Bassey belting with big band, which means heroic survivor's statement from still powerhouse veteran but it signals we can't expect any surprises from her.
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