The girl's
got indie cred, no doubt. Lost in Translation wrapped her in a
dynamite alt-rock soundtrack, and she's sung with the Jesus and Mary
Chain. So it makes sense that, for her debut, Scarlett Johansson takes
on the indestructible songbook of indie totem Tom Waits. Produced by TV
on the Radio's Dave Sitek, the experimental result finds her draped,
sonically speaking, in costumes as ornate as those 16th-century period
gowns she rocked in The Other Boleyn Girl. It's a reasonable strategy,
since Johansson's voice is unremarkable and her pitch sometimes
unsteady; she's a faintly goth Marilyn Monroe lost in a sonic fog.
Sometimes that's fine: "I Wish I Was in New Orleans" is carried by a
haunting music-box melody, "Fannin Street" has lush choral vocals
bolstered by David Bowie, and "Song for Jo" (the set's sole original)
sweeps the singer along in sound whorls recalling "Tomorrow Never
Knows." But the synth-pop version of "I Don't Wanna Grow Up," famously
covered by the Ramones, makes you wish Joey was still around to take the
mike.
(Posted: May 29, 2008)
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Track List
- Fawn
- Town With No Cheer
- Falling Down
- Anywhere I Lay My Head
- Fannin Street
- Song For Jo
- Green Grass
- I Wish I Was In New Orleans
- I Don't Wanna Grow Up
- No One Knows I'm Gone
- Who Are You
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celders writes:
It sounds like she can't hit the low notes and the instruments are trying to cover it up. I love Tom Waits but I'm bored about :13 seconds into the song...
May 28, 2008 17:18:32
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