Sometimes it takes others to see you better than you see yourself. The grand
dame of depravity wanted to make sure that this (her first album in three
years) wouldn急 miss, so she asked for a little help from her friends - like
Jarvis Cocker - cleverly setting herself up as the muse to inspire the genius
of others.
Of her collaborators, it旧 Jarvis who gets a handle on her best, taking
inspiration from her memoirs to construct the no-apologies, quintessentially
Pulp, 葢liding...?/strong>. Beck provides the albums most uncomfortable
moment - the flaccid electro-hump of 葢ex With Strangers?/strong> - and, with
the touchingly reflective 'Like Being Born', one of its best. 葢ong For
Nico?/strong>, which pays tribute to another largely tuneless blonde icon,
fails to be embarrassing despite the involvement of Dave Stewart.
In her music, as in her life, everything revolves around sex - but unseemly
as it is for a woman of a certain age to frug bawdily alongside Damon Albarn,
Marianne gets away with it.
April Long
Rating: 7
--
gender is just an excuse, relationship shouldn't just be an excuse,
love is often an excuse, although sometimes these excuses are all
we have to hold onto,
death is the reason and living is the celebration
- Beth Orton
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