acoustic version does it as much justice as the
electric one.
This album is not a mere “greatest hits”
package, in which you get all your favorite
songs on one CD, recorded the way you heard
them the first time. This album gives you
insight into songs you’ve already heard by pre­
senting them in a different light.
T wolips
Sandra Cartolari • PSM Edizioni Musicali Italy
’ve spoken with Sandra Cartolari on the
phone two times, and her seductive voice all
but melted my ears. Then 1 heard her sing.
Cartolari is an illustrious Italian jazz singer
who has recently released Twolips, a 13-song
libido booster. She’s teamed up with three tal­
ented musicians—pianist, bassist and trum­
peter—and created a record that makes sense
both at night and in the morning.
The disc begins smoothly with “Whatever
Lola Wants.” On this song, Cartolari’s voice is
liquid, promiscuous, warm and giving, and it
blends effortlessly with the solo stand-up bass.
“E Finisce Cosi,” one of the two tracks Car­
tolari chooses to sing in Italian, is sad and
sexy—it makes me wonder why she didn’t do
more in her own language. Later on the disc,
“The Song is You” opens with an incredible
solo scat performance before introducing the
bass and piano.
I
Cartolari says her songs are “explicitly dedi­
cated to girl-to-girl love.”
Twolips is available at It’s My Pleasure in
Portland.
7* SCHWINN
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P arty o ’ the T imes : A T ribute to P rince
S ometimes : A T ribute to E rasure
Various artists • Cleopatra
here is evil in the music business and its
name is Cleopatra.
T
• like a garden studio away from everyt
I’ve learned to be wary of any record
company that sends you every one of its releas­
es when you ask to review a single CD. I’ve
also learned to be wary of any label that releas­
es a studio-fabricated synth experiment called
the Spice Squirrels. (Well, OK, it is a little
funny, heh heh.)
Cleopatra is slowly gaining recognition for
the sheer cornucopia of tribute albums it
releases. One has recently been created for Era­
sure, the wonderful European synth pop group,
and another for Prince, that cute little weird
guy.
All I know is, if someone were to dedicate a
tribute album to me, I would not want it to
sound like this crap. Both Erasure and Prince
have released their own greatest hits albums
and they’re great. Go buy them instead.
■ K aty D avidson is a Just Out staff writer who
plays pop music in a band called Dear Nora. She
believes in the Y2K.
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