Copyright 1986 Time Inc. All Rights Reserved
People
November 10, 1986
SECTION: PICKS & PANS; Song; Pg. 40
LENGTH: 198 words
HEADLINE: WELCOME HOME; 'til tuesday
BYLINE: R.N.
HIGHLIGHT:
A checklist of this week's noteworthy TV shows, movies, books, records and
other happenings
BODY:
Lead singer Aimee Mann, who writes most of her group's songs,
is obviously not looking to win any Pollyanna contests. A random sampling
of lines from this album might include: "Something has torn me apart/
Oh, but what do I care"; "He made me feel so second-best/ I never
should have let him do it"; "I'm getting pretty tired/ of living
on hope"; "and he just got back in his car and drove away."
Still, Mann does seem to have some insight, however grim, into human nature;
her songs often seem to be explanations of bad behavior rather than just
complaints. She and her three bandmates strike an early Eurythmics sort
of musical attitude, though her voice isn't quite the instrument that Annie
Lennox's is. Vague hints of monotony creep in, so the variations in such
tracks as Have Mercy or Sleeping and Waking seem especially welcome. It's
probably also true that while heard consecutively the songs on this album
could lead to a fit of minor depression, taken in smaller doses they could
be effectively sobering. The band's 1985 hit Voices Carry was no bubblegummer,
after all. If you've got to get back to reality, you might as well dance
your way there. (Epic)
GRAPHIC: Picture, 'til Tuesday, Robert Hlmes and Aimee Mann, bemoaning
it all, ANASTASIA
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