Vocally landed somewhere between Cher and Pheobe Snow, Katey Sagal (a.k.a. Peg Bundy from Married with Children), has released her first solo album Well, and it's no joke.

Whether she was pulling too hard for her album to be taken seriously, considering the character she portrays on her sitcom or it's manifestation of her true self, Well never lightens up.

"I can't eat unless you cook for me baby," Sagal sings to her lover on the opening track, "Thunder Head" (and she's not talking about her lack of culinary skills).

Systematically, she runs the gamut of love songs. With non-distinct instrumentals and a slick voice, she hits the five notes she can comfortably land.

She esoterically sings of love in its past tense on "That's How Love Goes," broken hearted love on "I Don't Wanna Know," syrupy love on "Best Part," as well as a few kinds of love yet to be named by civilized man.

The album's only speck of luminosity comes with its final song "Dignity," deviating from Sagal's typical themes, as she lamats about shattered American dreams and being jobless breadwinners.

Sagal shouldn't quit her day job.

Reviewer:  Tom Elliott, courtesy of Flash Magazine.