As I opined a few years ago:
I was sorely disappointed with this album when it first came out. I couldn’t help but think, “She followed up Once Upon a Time with this?!” Even now, nearly four decades later, it fails to move me the way OUAT—or for that matter, even I Remember Yesterday or Four Seasons of Lovedoes.
And then to have it followed only by the greatest hits album, On the Radio, which seemed like nothing more than a contractually-obligated release to end her relationship with Casablanca Records…
While Donna did put out a few very catchy, danceable songs afterward, IMHO there were never again any whole albums that spoke to me the way her mid-Casablanca releases did.
Over the years my opinion of Bad Girls almost did a complete turnaround. While it’s still no Once Upon A Time it’s still a damn fine album, along with Four Seasons Of Love, I Remember Yesterday, and Once Upon a Time, bookending the epitome of her career.
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