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Sisters Jennifer and Heather Kinley return with a cleverly titled--they're twins--second album that again showcases their canny pop-country blend. Mixing slice-of-life lyrics and dollops of straight-ahead country instrumentation with vocals and backbeats that demonstrate as much familiarity withBonnie Raittand thePretendersas with theJudds, the Kinleys manage to breathe life into material that's occasionally middling at best. The stronger tracks, though, find all the elements coming together to produce small gems such as the dramatic "She Ain't the Girl for You" and the smartly detailed heart song, "When the Blues and My Baby Collide." With the duo'sTouched by an Angelcontribution, "Somebody's Out There Watching," augmenting the disc's dozen new cuts,IIis a safe bet to repeat the gold-record success of theirdebut.--Rickey Wright