I will have to check out the Prefab Sprout album. They are a band whose first album turned me off so much (SWOON) that I couldn't ever muster up any willingness to give them a second go. Though "Faron Young" was a good single. Does anyone else have this happen -- a first impression so bad that you have a hard time ever getting back to the artist's music -- Yo La Tengo and Nick Cave are two other artists who immediately come to mind for me... Mike Bennett Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com >From: Stewart Mason >Reply-To: audities@smoe.org >To: audities@smoe.org, audities@smoe.org >Subject: Re: Sparks Report? >Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 01:26:58 -0400 > >At 01:15 AM 8/6/2003 EDT, GODSCOMIC@aol.com wrote: > >The new album reminds me of Philip Glass, except for one thing. I hate > >Philip Glass. > >I love Philip Glass, but I don't hear him on this album. (I was amused, >however, by the review that said "My Baby's Taking Me Home" sounded like a >cross between Irving Berlin and Steve Reich.) What the album reminds me of >is Prefab Sprout's JORDAN: THE COMEBACK. Same sort of semi-orchestral >sound, similar structure, equally likely to be hated by anyone who insists >that music has to rawk out, maaaaaaaaaaaaan. > >S > > > > _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail