The Art of Being a Girl
- 艺人
- Julee Cruise
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Varese
- 发行时间
- 2002年08月20日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Heather Phares
The Art of Being a Girl, Julee Cruise's first album in over a decade, could arguably be called her first true solo release; comparing this work's trippy, witty femininity to the little-girl-lost ethereality of her albums with David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti makes it clear that she was playing a role on Floating Into the Night and The Voice of Love as much as any of Lynch's actresses were in his films. Likewise, The Art of Being a Girl's chilled-out, lounge-inspired trip-hop is also different than her work with the B-52's and Khan, though it does owe something to Khan's sexy fusion of dance and cabaret traditions. The mix of world-weariness and fabulous theatricality on songs like &You're Staring at Me,& the title track, and the album's between-song vignettes also recalls The Luv Show, Ann Magnuson's underappreciated solo jaunt. The heavy electronica influence on tracks such as &Falling in Love& may come as an unwelcome surprise to fans expecting another volume of Lynch-inspired, damaged dream pop, but Cruise is a distinctive and expressive enough singer to pull off this very different kind of material, and spookier songs like &Three Jack Swing& and &Cha Cha in the Dark& sound a bit like an update on her earlier work. Though trip-hop isn't exactly new, Cruise's take on it isn't as murky and rigid as the style became in the late '90s; songs such as &Everybody Knows,& &Shine,& and &Slow Hot Wind& are more inspired by bossa nova, lounge, and '60s vocal pop than Tricky or Portishead. While The Art of Being a Girl does feature a few moments that are a little too slick for their own good (&The Fire in Me,& &9th Avenue Limbo&), for the most part the album finds Cruise exploring different sides of her talent with a fair degree of success. Even after ten years, her voice is still compelling and evocative, a fact her fans will appreciate even if the music surrounding it on this album isn't always a perfect match.
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