On the records<\/p>\n
Album: Lucy Pearl (PT EMI Indonesia\/2000);
\nArtist: Lucy Pearl<\/p>\n
What would happen if three hip-hop artists from three
\ndifferent groups got together, formed a new group and made an
\nalbum?<\/p>\n
In the case of Lucy Pearl, it resulted in a groovy record that
\nmakes your body move from the first track right on through to the
\nlast.<\/p>\n
Lucy Pearl is a collaboration of Tony Toni Tone's Raphael
\nSaadiq, girls quartet En Vogue's Dawn Robinson and Ali Shaheed
\nMuhammad from A Tribe Called Quest.<\/p>\n
Their self-titled debut album presents 15 tracks of hip-hop,
\npop and R&B.<\/p>\n
This album, which Saadiq, Robinson and Muhammad produced, as
\nwell as writing most of the songs, is really fresh.<\/p>\n
They mix different sounds together -- a lot of bass, samples,
\ndrum programming, jazz elements -- and put them neatly in the
\ntracks.<\/p>\n
Dance Tonight is a sexy number backed by the South Central
\nChamber Orchestra and a string section. LaLa is a bit jazzy with
\nflute and percussion, while You features rappers Snoop Dogg and Q
\nTip.<\/p>\n
The last track, Lucy Pearl Tells, is accompanied by the
\nAlabama A&M Marching Band from Alabama University.<\/p>\n
Set against the numerous boy-bands and other bubblegummers
\nsinging fake and dumbed-down R&B and hip-hop, Lucy Pearl is a
\nrefreshing choice.<\/p>\n
Album: Kid A (PT EMI Indonesia\/2000); Artist: Radiohead<\/p>\n
Sometimes the best way to listen to a record is to just listen
\nto it. Simply listen and enjoy without trying to analyze the
\nmeaning of the lyrics, or worse, getting trapped in the useless
\nand boring game of trying to classify the music as pop, rock,
\nboth or neither.<\/p>\n
This is true for the latest album from the British rock band
\nRadiohead, its fourth after Pablo Honey (1993), The Bends (1995)
\nand OK Computer (1997).<\/p>\n
Do not bother trying to decipher the words of vocalist Thom
\nYorke, who more often than not sounds as he is babbling rather
\nthan singing, and whose voice sometimes gives one the impression
\nof something being squashed.<\/p>\n
While it is indeed rock music that guitarists Jonny Greenwood
\nand Ed O'Brien, bassist Colin Greenwood and drummer Phil Selway
\nare playing, the so-called rock elements often are blurred and
\nwarped.<\/p>\n
Some song titles are not synchronized with the music. The
\nfirst track is titled Everything is in the Right Place, but it
\ndoes not sound like everything is in the right place, with the
\ndistorted sound of a synthesizer mixed with electric piano.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Optimistic hardly sounds optimistic, although this
\nis probably the easiest song to digest.<\/p>\n
But then again, just listen to all 10 tracks on the album, and
\nyou will find yourself entranced by the flow of mysterious,
\naching yet shivering sounds the band experiments with and
\nexplores.<\/p>\n
Radiohead also retains its touches of humanity on this album,
\nas with Pablo's Creep, which became an anthem for the less-than-
\nperfect people of the world.<\/p>\n
Kid A, according to the band, refers to the first human clone,
\nwho the band believes already exists. With this album, the band
\nexplores the consequences of playing God.<\/p>\n
If there is any one word that can possibly describe this
\nalbum, it is orgasmic. And you just might be moved to tears as
\nthis ingenious music flows over and into you. (Hera Diani)<\/p>",
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