In 1984, a 45-year-old made one of the most amazing comebacks in the history of American popular music. A few years earlier, it was hard to imagine the veteran / belter reinventing herself and returning to the top of the charts, but she did exactly that with the outstanding . And did so without sacrificing her musical integrity. To be sure, this pearl is decidedly slicker than such raw, earthy, hard-edged classics as and But she still has a tough, throaty, passionate delivery that serves her beautifully on everything from the melancholy, -influenced to the gutsy to heartfelt remakes of ' 's A reflection on the emptiness of a stripper's life, the dusky title song is as poignant as it is depressing. Without question, this was 's finest hour as a solo artist. ~ Alex Henderson