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Three decades after Smith made the transition from poet to rock &
roller, we still don't think of her as a singer, exactly -- more a reciter
who can carry a tune, kind of. So a covers album showcasing her
interpretive gifts is a questionable vehicle. And like most such albums --
there are dozens by now -- it's somewhat hit-or-miss. But when Smith hits,
it isn't just a bull's-eye -- the arrow splits the apple and then
brings down the bad guy hiding behind the tree. It takes a poet to extract
the lyricism of Jimi Hendrix's "Are You Experienced?" from its
guitaristics and an avant-gardist to validate a middlebrow tour de force like
Paul Simon's "The Boy in the Bubble." And though other winners are more
obvious, you'll be convinced that this woman felt "Gimme Shelter" very
deeply -- and many years later, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," too.
(Posted: Apr 17, 2007)
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Track List
- Are You Experienced?
- Everybody Wants To Rule The World
- Helpless
- Gimme Shelter
- Within You Without You
- White Rabbit
- Changing Of The Guards
- The Boy In The Bubble
- Soul Kitchen
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Midnight Rider
- Pastime Paradise
- Everybody Hurts
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