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Tracklist (CD)
| 1 | | St. Teresa | | 5:20 | | 2 | | Man In The Long Black Coat | | 4:49 | | 3 | | Right Hand Man | | 4:57 | | 4 | | Pensacola | | 4:32 | | 5 | | Dracula Moon | | 6:21 | | 6 | | One Of Us | | 5:21 | | 7 | | Ladder | | 4:11 |
See more tracks| 8 | | Spider Web | | 5:34 | | 9 | | Let's Just Get Naked | | 5:08 | | 10 | | Help Me | | 5:14 | | 11 | | Crazy Baby | | 6:31 | | 12 | | Lumina | | 3:08 |
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Review
On her riveting major-label debut, Joan Osborne astutely conflates the sacred and the profane, and over inventive alterna-cool arrangements (mandolin, sax, swaggering guitar) lets her strong, bluesy vocals rip. Co-written mostly with guitarist Eric Bazilian, her material is sharp and deep – "St. Teresa" elevates a streetwalker's struggle into Beat-poetry prayer; "One of Us" imagines a God as hurt as any human; "Ladder" hints at a post-mod Aretha. "Spider Web" is sweet hipster surrealism: Osborne dreams Ray Charles is given sight but struck… Read More dumb. She's cool with covers, too: Dylan, Sonny Boy Williamson, a sample of T. Rex's "Mambo Sun" used as percussive backdrop. What's especially winning about the woman is her range: Sexy and earnest, her voice, all on its own, conveys whole choirs of feeling. (RS 707) PAUL EVANS |
