See It Through My Eyes

See It Through My Eyes by Meredith Brooks

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Before she became a recording sensation and a dyed-in-the-wool member of the Lilith Fair sisterhood (thanks to her 1996 Everywoman anthem, Bitch), Oregon-born Meredith Brooks was an aspiring rocker plying her trade with a variety of Northwestern bands. She tried her hand at recording in 1984, though the results were never released. Not until 1997, that is, when mercenary forces who owned the tapes hoped to cash in on Brooks's sudden rise to the top, releasing "See It Through My Eyes" against her wishes. The album is an artifact of flashy '80s pop--think Pat Benatar, Quarterflash, and Scandal--and would have held its own back then had it been given a proper chance. Today though, songs like "Video Idol," "Company Man," and "Who's Fooling Who" merely sound dated. Sometimes success is just a bitch. --Daniel Durchholz