Popdose - Latest Comments in The Cassingle Vault: Chynna Phillips, “Naked and Sacred”

Re: The Cassingle Vault: Chynna Phillips, “Naked and Sacred”

Daniel — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:57:20 -0000

I totally disagree with this review and most of the negative comments. l am a big Wilson Phillips fan and thought this was a solid solo debut for Chynna Phillips. Great pop songs for the most part, just a couple fillers here and there. Love Chynna's voice, although it's a bit thin during when she tries to rock out occasionally. Naked and Sacred is actually one of my all time favorite pop tunes, it was even covered by Maria Naylor as a dance song. Love the video, Chynna looked so beautiful and hot.

Re: The Cassingle Vault: Chynna Phillips, “Naked and Sacred”

rwcass — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:34:46 -0000

She performed this song on "Late Show" back in the fall of '95. And that's the last I heard of it until now.

Re: The Cassingle Vault: Chynna Phillips, “Naked and Sacred”

Pat — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:11:29 -0000

Always had a crush on her. She was a fine piece in her day...even with that horrible short haircut. Did you ever see the video for "Naked & Sacred"? Hot!

I think she dated AOR axe-legend Michael Landau back in late 80's/early 90's and she thanks him in the liner notes of the Wilson Phillips records he played on.

Re: The Cassingle Vault: Chynna Phillips, “Naked and Sacred”

Scraps — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:44:34 -0000

Whoops, I replied in the main thread. Grr, threaded comments.

Re: The Cassingle Vault: Chynna Phillips, “Naked and Sacred”

Scraps — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:42:10 -0000

Allmusic is chockablock with bogus opinions. They've got a handful of reliable, decently insightful reviewers covering as much of the important stuff as possible, and a crowd of others to fill the vast spaces beneath, who range from knowledgeable specialists to fanboys, publicity hacks, pompous asses, and semi-literate gushers (typified by the agonizingly bad Mackenzie Wilson).

Re: The Cassingle Vault: Chynna Phillips, “Naked and Sacred”

DwDunphy — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:27:38 -0000

Oh, I think AllMusic has quite a few bogus opinions. Read some of the reviews of REO Speedwagon albums if you doubt me.

Re: The Cassingle Vault: Chynna Phillips, “Naked and Sacred”

CC — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:22:37 -0000

I'm one of those unfortunate people who knew the song existed. Worse, I own it.

Re: The Cassingle Vault: Chynna Phillips, “Naked and Sacred”

1Py_Korry1 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:02:02 -0000

Would you say that this is one of the worst solo outings of the 90s for a woman who was with a group?

Re: The Cassingle Vault: Chynna Phillips, “Naked and Sacred”

Scraps — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:40:11 -0000

Bryan Buss at Allmusic leads the (fewer than) 25,000 fan parade:

"the most consistent album any of the [WP] women have produced, solo, as a duo, or together. Phillips' girlish vocals are more assured than ever, there are hooks to die for, and she is backed by lush arrangements that complement her voice instead of covering up weaknesses like so many productions do. Not one track falters."

"Naked and Sacred" is the kind of title that happens when terrible songwriters try to Get Deep.

Re: The Cassingle Vault: Chynna Phillips, “Naked and Sacred”

DwDunphy — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:27:26 -0000

It didn't help that during her press trek to pimp this thing, she kept referring to the album as her 'love letter to my new husband", some Baldwin brother and I can't recall which one...

If she was trying to sell sexuality, mixed messages and off-the-market status sure weren't the way.

Re: The Cassingle Vault: Chynna Phillips, “Naked and Sacred”

David_E — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:20:07 -0000

Oh god. Naked and Carnie.

Thank you for starting my day with Chuckle and Retch.

Re: The Cassingle Vault: Chynna Phillips, “Naked and Sacred”

Bastard No. 1 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:59:25 -0000

Great post. You are absolutely correct. I had no idea this existed and I never need to hear it again. Both songs are terrible but Naked and Sacred is a joke. The rhyming scheme could have been written by a 6 year old and half the lines aren't even long enough to fill the bar. You'd think after selling as many records as she did, she might have been able to veto this crap and choose another song. Then again, since the b-side is only slightly crappier - maybe she was the one who loved them. At least I'm not going to get this stuck in my head all day.