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Record
round-up:
one prince
and a few
queens
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Prince is enthroned atop the “Billboard”
album chart with “3121 ” (Universal) as I
write this. It’s an amazing capper to the
commercial comeback he initiated with
2004’s “Musicology” album and ensuing
mega-successful tour. The best part of this
achievement is that
“3121” deserves its
success. The 12-
track set is funky
and fun, modern
sounding yet
underpinned by
the classic Prince
flourishes fans
know and love.
Current single
“Black Sweat” has
broken the ice at radio Prince rules the
and video outlets. Synth- with a lace
pop gem “Lolita,” danceable “Love” and
rocking “Fury” could follow all the way to
the top.
In this age when any female artist
who warbles on key is labeled a diva,
thank goodness for singers like Etta
James who truly deserve the title. “All
The Way” (RCA Victor), Etta’s latest
release in a career that’s already
spanned five decades, is a collection of
songs “that 1 heard and thought, ‘wish I
could have been the one to do that one
first!”’ lames puts her unique stamp on
II old and new classics ranging from
Frank Sinatra’s signature “All The Way”
to John Lennon’s “Imagine” to Prince’s
“Purple Rain.” The album’s high point is
a flawlessly arranged cover of Johnny
‘Guitar’ Watson’s “Strung Out.”
“Supernature,” the third album from
U.K. electro-pop duo Goldfrapp, is — to
quote the press release — “a colossal,
multi-layered, sonic-pop thriller.”
Dynamic duo Alison Goldfrapp and Will
Gregory cuisinart their influences (every
thing from Giorgio Moroder’s robo-disco
to Marc Bolan’s glam-ed
rock to Kate Bush’s ethereal
pop) then add a cup of
tomorrow to cook up a
sound that’s unmistakably
Goldfrapp: “Great fun,
quirky and a bit nasty but
simple as well,” says the
original All G.
Not to be outdone, a handful of queer
artists have new releases in the bins (or on
the way).
Erasure’s Andy Bell (’mo) and Vince
Clark (no) pull the plug on “Union Street”
(Mute) — literally — eschewing their
trademark synths for acoustic takes on II
career-spanning songs. The result proves
there’s always been more to Erasure than
shiny pop thrills.
Out Canadian Ashley Macisaac
switches from Celtic revivalist fid
dler to lo-fi singer-songwriter on
his latest album, “Pride” (Koch).
The 29-year-old, who has previ
ously collaborated with David
Byrne and the Chieftains, has more
in common with Tom Waits and
Nick Cave in his new incarnation.
Lead single is the attitude-fueled
“Bitch.”
Australian quartet GloveboX,
fronted by Hungarian/Cyprian les
bian Mishka, are well known Down
Under, now they’re ready to conquer
the U.S. with their “electrorganic”
grooves. The band’s 13-cut self-titled
debut (Baria) skips through old skool syn-
thfunk, drum and bass and downtempo
with aplomb.
Kevin
Cahoon and
Ghetto Cowboy
are gaining huge
buzz in the
downtown New
York music scene.
Small wonder, the
spiky, way-gay
glam rock of
“Doll” (Anchor
C), the ensemble’s 10-track introduction,
is perfect for the hipster set. Broadway
queen Cahoon (pictured), wailing like a
real-life Hedwig — whom he played in
N.Y., Frisco and Boston productions —
even thrashes through a version of Anne
Murray’s “Could I Have This Dance.”
What’s not to love?
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