Went to the Virgin Megastore tonight after work. Got some quick samplings:
Robbie Williams - sounding *really* good on Intensive Care, though it's a case of "if you already like them, you'll enjoy this, and if you don't, it won't convert you." And I'm in awe of how he turns a rather unattractive body into one big block of sex.
Stevie Wonder - sounding better than anticipated on A Time 2 Love, especially on opening track "If Your Love Cannot Be Moved." It's overproduced in a way that suggests his handlers didn't trust his voice carrying him through -- lots of echoes and such -- that deprives the record of the earthiness that enlivened his early '70s recordings. I think I would have been happier if Steveland had made an acoustic album.
Speaking of which, missed out on Alicia Keys Unplugged, some fat bitch was hogging the listening station and I shoulda pulled her bald.
Ahem. Animal Collective sounding quite interesting on Feels. I only know of them through a recent Voice interview piece, didn't think I'd like them, but I was curious, and it sounded really well thought out. Somewhat reminiscent of the Futureheads' cover earlier this year of Kate Bush's "Hounds of Love" (did anyone else get to hear that?).
Alison Moyet has one of my top five albums of the year with Voice, released last year in Europe but only last month here. She did so much more with her voice on this standards album than La Barbra did with hers on Bride Of Guilty.
And that's all I got, folks.
