Dian Diaz (CD)
Sound: B Music:
C+
Like it or not, thanks in part to shows like American
Idol, the cycle of vocalists trying to become the next center-stage
attraction in the increasingly vapid and empty Pop world where the quality of
the music is irrelevant and even non-existent to the point that Betty and
Veronica should form the next big girl group.
Dian Diaz arrives in all this with her self-titled debut CD. Though it seven sports three songs
co-written by the formidable Narada Michael Walden, it cannot cut through the
atmosphere it exists in.
Songs like Remember How We Danced? and Don’t
Touch Me There are never believable, while Just Ain’t Feeling It
ironically ends what is a really mixed effort.
No More Tears is not the famous and gloriously annoying Barbra
Streisand/Donna Summer duet, but a forgettable ditty that evaporates
quickly. I will not continue on the
titles, but the content is just not there.
The album has that unfinished feel and it is so awkward, this critic has
gotta hear a follow-up.
The PCM 2.0 16bit/44.1kHz Stereo sound is better, with
Walden himself credited as one of the producers. There are four altogether, making me wonder if too many chefs
spoiled the soup. However, it is the
material that is ultimately at fault and the album becomes a study in
choppiness.
- Nicholas Sheffo
