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So much for genetics. As the son of the late avant-jazz icon Don Cherry and the brother of funk-hopping Neneh Cherry, Eagle-Eye Cherry carries a heavy legacy. Fans of the adventurous Cherry clan, then, will be disappointed by the lite-rocking Desireless, Eagle-Eye's debut album. Eschewing his sister's grooves in favor of mellow acoustic guitars, the youngest Cherry apparently hasn't met a Ben Harper song he didn't like or rip off, down to the diluted Zeppelinisms of "Indecision" and the smokily ersatz Cat Stevens rasp he uses throughout. The mystical, corny lyrics, meanwhile, give Rod McKuen a run for his money check out the head-scratching "Seagulls fly/When mermaids cry" chorus from "When Mermaids Cry." The album's most effective song is the title track its Brazil-beat-meets-acid-jazz-meets-Santana-funk stands out amid the radio-friendly dross; then again, the song was written by Don Cherry and has no words, which helps. Desireless has one great achievement: It makes Dave Matthews Band sound positively edgy in comparison. (RS 794)
MATT DIEHL
(Posted: Aug 12, 1998)
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- Indecision
- Comatose (In The Arms Of Slumber)
- Worried Eyes
- Rainbow Wings
- Falling In Love
- Conversation
- When Mermaids Cry
- Shooting Up In Vain
- Permanent Tears
- Death Defied By Will
- Desireless
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