Track: 01 In Shock 4:12 02 Nerve Endings 3:35 (试听曲目) 03 Day Glow 3:56 04 Christian Hearse 0:29 05 Ice 3:16 06 Under the Gun 3:10 07 Piano 1 1:43 08 Sugarbaby 3:10 09 Peggy Lee 3:15 10 Piano 2 0:47 11 Vertigo 3:59 12 Winter 2:33 13 Wild Vanilla 2:58 14 The Thin Man 4:17
The title is a joke: at forty, Kristin Hersh has a voice that's worn as hell -- all two-packs-a-day rasp and vinegary bite. On her seventh solo album, the former singer for poetry-addled alt-rockers Throwing Muses finds a fitting counterpart to that somewhat disturbing voice in largely dark, largely acoustic songs that toss in string arrangements and often work up smart, stormy tumult. Though Hersh outfits the waltz-y "Ice" with a great slo-mo chorus, tunecraft isn't exactly her strength, and sometimes the album slips into haziness. But the best songs are unsettling in a good way: The haunting, plaintive "Sugar Baby" builds to a cathartic climax, and "Under the Gun" conjures a long night filled with fever dreams. Like a Star proves Hersh can rock powerfully; if she had some stronger material, she might be able to make a truly killer record. CHRISTIAN HOARD(Posted: Jan 22, 2007) http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/13145018/review/13232101/learn_to_sing_like_a_star