SUMMARY: RUNNING TIME: 4:58 Min.
Maysa Leak revisits Pat Benatar’s 1983 soft rock ballad, “Love is a Battlefield.” Off her same-named 2017 cover album, it’s Track # 3.
REVIEW:
Impressively, Maysa Leak re-imagines this Pat Benatar radio hit by transforming it into a traditional R&B tune. With an even slower tempo than the original version, Leak takes her time pumping fresh life into the song. Still recognizable from the original song, the accompanying melody is ideal for her classy vocal performance. Making it sound like her own, all too easily Leak’s version could pass for a vintage R&B tune from the 80’s. If not for the familiar lyrics (at least, initially), one probably wouldn’t recognize Leak’s “Love is a Battlefield” as an actual cover.
This cover is definitely worth adding to a favorite R&B/Soul/pop-rock playlist.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 8 Stars
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