I love it. He's a Man has always been a favourite of mine - such a vampish song, with one of her very best vocal performances. I would love to hear a solo version of What Can You Lose. I think a LQ demo is circulating. Mandy Patinkin's vocals are a little too histrionic for my liking.
Im a bit confused though. I thought they did work with a longlist of musicians on this album? At the very least the Sondheim tracks.
Wikipedia has this: " The singer and Leonard enlisted a ten-piece live band and jazz musicians.[23] The sessions took place at Johnny Yuma Recording and Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles, California, and concluded by three weeks.[6] The songs on the album reflect Madonna's showgirl personality where her singing ranged from "rootsy, rocking" in nature to slow, "laid-back and soulful" vocals. A studied approach was evident in most of them, which O'Brien compared to "an actress playing a part and performing a vocal exercise in technique". Some of the songs had Madonna pitching her vocals and belting the notes only when necessary. A dryness was prevalent in most of the singing, which was required for the songs and the setting. Guy Pratt, who also played bass, said that the singer "was in character and started smoking. She actually ponced a cigarette off me. Her character smoked, so therefore she did."