I'm not really a fan, but I listened to the new album today (finally out in
the U.S.), and was mildly impressed; that is, compared to his last one,
=Music for Babies,= which was the most aptly titled LP I've seen in a
while. (If I had nothing to do for nine months it might seem welcome, but
out of the womb...I dunno.) Anyway, =Turn the Dark Off= (get it?) has a
bit more going on, with shuffling trip-hop (verging on big-beat) rhythms
and some cool effects that you'll dig if you were in on the Lalo Schifrin
'60s Soundtrack thread of several thousand posts ago. A spoken-word
collaboration with Robbie Robertson (the Band) is as terrible as can be
imagined, but other than that, it's not bad...I'll give it a 7 1/2.
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