Karla DeVito – Is This A Cool World Or What?
Epic – FE 37014
Vinyl, LP, Album
Canada
Sep 1981
Rock, Pop
AOR, Soft Rock

I forgot how punchy this album is off the top -- the title cut rocks! One of my record fair re-acquisitions.

On then to the 3rd cut - Heaven Can Wait -- yes, a good cover of the Meat Loaf tune from Bat Out of Hell. Makes sense, as Karla was on the album tour. And she appeared in the Paradise by the Dashboard Light video (but lip-synched to Ellen Foley's original album vocals).

But wait, there's more... my favorite cut is Bloody Bess -- penned by DeVito -- and perhaps a nod to her time on Broadway as Mabel, the female lead in The Pirates of Penzance (my favorite G&S). A rollicking pirate-themed tune that could have been the basis for a rock opera?

Yeah, it's an entertaining album, especially when you have all the background.

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