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 To: Love-Hounds
 From: Andrew Marvick (IED)
 Subject: more on reviews

   The New York Times today briefly reviewed _Two_Rooms_, saying
that nearly everything on the album was a pale imitation of Elton
John's original versions, with the exception of Sting's "Come
Down in Time", which, the paper said, had some energy; Kate Bush's
"Rocket Man", a "pop-reggae" version that was worth hearing; and
Sinead O'Connor's version of "Sacrifice" (deemed the album's standout).
   The Los Angeles Times's Robert Hilburn reviewed the album even more
briefly, and had virtually nothing good to say about it.  Even Kate was
lumped in with the "imitators" who made Elton's originals seem
all the stronger, though Hilburn's list didn't really seem to be
criticizing Kate in any explicit way.  He concluded by recommending
the accompanying Polygram video-cassette/-disk release, which features
much more of Elton John and Bernie Taupin themselves than of the
album's cover artists.

   IED awaits with bated breath word from any of Love-Hounds's
British-based KorrespondenTs who may by now have seen Kate's
new video for "Rocket Man" on TV...

-- Andrew Marvick