The Daily Utah Chronicle (September 1996) review

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KRISTEN BARRY

The Beginning. The Middle. The End.
(Virgin)
7

Looking through the smokeless room in the Dead Goat Saloon at the (disarmingly beautiful) Kristen Barry was easy; peering through the free posters, free CDs, free stickers, free beer and free appetizers to hear Barry objectively wasn't easy.

However, Barry's CD The Beginning. The Middle. The End, is easy to be objective about. It's plastic; It fits in the player; and It makes the speakers move. It's "okay."

Similar to Sinead O'Connor and Sarah McLachlan in vocal quality and similar to 90 percent of "alternative" guitar players, Barry breaks no new bounds, but she's nice about it. Barry even adds an anti-heroin song to the relatively PC mix, "Gotta Go" - a song about leaving Seattle.

While remaining clean in Seattle may be honorable for a musician, using trademark Seattle grunge guitars to do it isn't.

The bonus "hidden" track is more fun than the rest of the album. It sounds off-the-cuff and features the accompaniment of a dog.

- Christian Arial

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