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Sylke-E. Fyne Raw Sylk (BMG) Female mack rolls out with serious West Coast flavour and comes correct with critical issues. 8 (GD) Natalie Merchant Ophelia (Elektra/Warner) Memo to Tori, Sarah, Ani, et al.: this is the dignified approach. Listen and learn. 8 (RB) Lynryd Skynryd Live From Steel Town (CMC/BMG) Ingredients needed to date your cousin: 40 oz. bottle of lemon gin, this CD and you're "pumpin' kin" before you can whistle Dixie. 7 (JC) Sportsguitar Happy Already (Matador) Quirky, dirty, catchy and mid-fi Swiss (cheese) indie-rock duo. Why not? 7 (CY) Various Best of the West (Ryko/Outside) Saddle up for the sage-scented themes of Unforgiven, Hour of the Gun, and Hang 'Em High. Yee-haw! 7 (RB) Various Imperial Dub Recordings, Vol. I mixed by Mark Farina (Imperial Dub) This is Dubtribe's label. Wait for the live show. Yawners. 6.5 (MS) The New Morty Show Mortyfied (Slimstyle) Shimmy up to the bar for another round of cocktails and lounge/swing jazz. Come here often? 6 (RB) Wim Mertens Integer Valor (Crépuscule) "New age" masquerading as a very '80s "minimalism." Blame Philip Glass, Michael Nyman--and Richard Clayderman. 5.5 (CY)
Corey Glover Hymns (LaFace/Arista) Ex-Living Color singer trades his body glove suit for a fastfood uniform and musically asks the question, "Would you like fries with that?" 2 (JC)
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