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Classic Album Review: B*Witched | B*Witched

The Irish folk-popsters' annoying fare goes down as smooth as a McHaggis shake.

This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


When the MuchMusic Video Awards add a category for Ridiculous New Musical Hybrids We Really Don’t Need To Hear, this annoying entry is a shoo-in.

This quartet of Dublin lasses — including two twin sisters of one of the members of Boyzone (speaking of things we don’t need to hear) — have concocted a potion that’s part Spice Girl bubblegum-pop and part traditional Irish folk, complete with tin whistles and fiddles. All this jiggery-pokery is as appetizing as it sounds — and goes down as smooth as a McHaggis shake. Ugh. Stop them before they record again.