04.30.08
Posted in Five-Word Record Reviews at 9:00 am by jpnance

The Decemberists, Castaways and Cutouts
Hush Records, 2002

Builds up but never resolves.
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04.29.08
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Le Tigre, Le Tigre
Mr. Lady Records, 1999

Musical competence suffocated by “activism.”
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04.28.08
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Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On
Motown Records, 1971

More than just love songs.
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Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On
Motown Records, 1971

More than just love songs.
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04.27.08
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Elbow, Leaders of the Free World
V2 Records, 2006

Fun but lacks in uniqueness.
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04.26.08
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Kate Bush, Hounds of Love
EMI Music, 1985

Decent but not worth revisiting.
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04.25.08
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Calexico, The Black Light
Quarterstick Records, 1998

If Sigur Rós were Mexican.
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04.24.08
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Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited
Columbia Records, 1965

A triumph in honest songwriting.
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04.23.08
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AFX, Chosen Lords
Rephlex Records, 2006

Reasonably accessible for Richard James.
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04.22.08
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Randy Newman, 12 Songs
Reprise Records, 1970

Wanted: fully realized song endings.
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