| Title: | The UK Music Conference |
| Notice: | Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN. |
| Moderator: | RDGENG::CROOK |
| Created: | Mon Mar 28 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1381 |
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Hiya,
For anyone expecting the stylised Vocals and Acoustic of Suzanne
Vega on the New album " 99.9 �F " prepare for a departure to her
usual style....Unlike "Suzanne Vega" and "Solitude Standing" the
latest album is pointedly and deliberately aimed at a wider Pop
audience.This is already reflected in the amount of airplay that
the TitleTrack is getting.In my opinion few tracks make a lasting
impression with perhaps "Bad Wisdom" being the only exception . I
was disappointed in that I couldn't help comparing the album to
the previous ones ( and songs such as 'Luka' , 'Tom's Diner' and
'Marlene on the Wall' etc) in an unfavourable light..............
..Has anyone else heard/bought the new album,released a few weeks
ago, and liked it ?
Sandie..../
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| 1078.1 | TECRUS::LONELY::ROST | Baba Ram Bolinski | Wed Oct 21 1992 19:31 | 15 | |
I have it, and so far I like it better than her last (Days of Open
Hand). I think she's been trying to distance herself from the "folk"
tag for awhile. She has often claimed her main inspiration to start
performing was seeing Lou Reed so I guess her current direction isn't
that surprising. I have to give her credit for going even further in
the pop direction after the last album stiffed.
To some extent, I miss the more acoustic thing, but the hip-hop
production touches do compliment her dreamy vocal delivery.
Here in the US, she has not been so successful ("Luka" was like an
abberration in the pop charts) and this new album has not gained her
much more airplay yet.
Brian
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