Re: Strange Angels

[stewarte@ucscc.UCSC.EDU (The Man Who Invented Himself)]

Hairy frogs from Neptune forced Doug Alan <nessus@athena.mit.edu> to type:
>Am I the only one disappointed with Laurie Anderson's latest album?  

This is, of course, one of those questions to which it is impossible to
honestly answer "yes".  But never mind.

>In my opinion, her first album was her best, and each succeeding album
>has gotten progresively worse.  The latest one is particularly boring.
>Oh, well.

I like "Strange Angels" quite a bit, but it certainly continues in the
direction she's been going, so I can understand |>oug's disappointment.
I do think it's her least challenging album, but her most musical; it's
a trade-off that in this case works.  "Babydoll", however, seems to me
like a retread of "Language is a Virus", and is the only track I'd rather
do without (I like "Language...", but one's enough).

-- Stewart
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