The singer has yet to discover a sound or sensibility that truly distinguishes her.
Sadly, in some instances, the acoustic versions actually accentuate the original album’s weaknesses.
Stand Up is the band’s most lively album in years, and one of its best.
Be sounds like Common’s teaching from the playbook of a college dropout.
Hey, if I want sincerity in dance music, I’ll listen to Kerri Chandler.
The one thing the album is not is full of itself.
If cartoons truly are a reflection of the times, then Gorillaz are unabashedly 2005.
At long last, can’tneverdidnothin’ sees the light of day, but it’s not the version Costa originally recorded.
Didn’t Weezer used to strive for something more?
While With Teeth satisfies in all the expected ways, not much has changed in Trent Reznor’s world.
Martha introduced herself and discussed, among other things, acting, feminism, and Oprah’s influence on her new song “TV Show.”
Does anyone have Mike Chapman’s phone number?
What Pretty in Black lacks in vigor is made up for in variety.
Hey, Rich Harrison, it’s okay to sample something other than horns. Or how about just dropping the sampling altogether.
The Best of Brandy is a must-have for the hardest-core Moesha fans.
With her self-titled debut, Martha Wainwright has proven to be not just a worthy pupil of her domestic tutelage, but a musician of equal caliber.
Lisa Marie Presley’s second effort doesn’t stray far from the formula that brought her moderate success her first time out.
The First Lady is a mark of growth for Faith Evans.
em>Odyssey presents even more reasons to hate Fischerspooner—and in glaring Technicolor.
Whatever these songs lack, they make up for in restraint.
Lead singer and chief songwriter Sam Endicott’s voice aims for droll but comes off lifeless and disaffected, descending into an annoying whine by the album’s halfway mark.