An unsatisfying hodgepodge of women's anthems and boomer nostalgia overwhelms the MOR collection The First Wives Club. Familiar '60s chestnuts (''Think'') coexist uneasily with high-concept covers (Chantay Savage's quiet-storm sleepwalk through the feminist classic ''I Will Survive''). Most cloying is Midler, Hawn, and Keaton's take on Lesley Gore's 1964 hit ''You Don't Own Me'': While the unfunky divas may get laughs in theaters, listening to them on an album is scary. C


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