Lollipop Magazine

Peter Murphy – Cascade – Review

June 1, 1995

Cascade finds pouty Pete gargling on his customary elixir of abject despair, albeit with more sensual atmospheres and textures than his previous albums.

Low – Long Division – Review

June 1, 1995

Produced by Kramer, Long Division sports a heavy-lidded brand of non-rock that yawns around the same realm as The Red House Painters and Galaxie 500.

Lori Lieberman – A Thousand Dreams – Review

June 1, 1995

14 3-5 Minute Sub-Tori Amos “Watch My Criminally Misunderstood Heart Bleed All Over the Piano While I Whine Along In A Most Laughable Fashion” Nightmares.

Kate Jacobs – What About Regret – Review

June 1, 1995

I regret deeply that I spent part of my precious weekend listening to this piss-poor collecion of ultra-sappy sensitive singer-songwriter country-folk crap.

Nancy Sinatra – at Mama Kin – Review

June 1, 1995

Over the course of an hour and a half, Nancy served up what was expected. Nancy’s collaborator, superdude Lee Hazelwood, duetted with her on five or six tunes.

Adam Ant – Wonderful – Review

May 1, 1995

Adam Ant’s unique vision still spans from the sublime to the ridiculous. The best moments are the semi-acoustic, jangly ballads,

The Basketball Diaries – Review

May 1, 1995

It features Pearl Jam and Soundgarden and a bunch of other bands that today’s tattooed, pierced “youth culture” victims will lap up like good consumers.

Stage Diving To The Oldies – Review

May 1, 1995

Stage Diving to the Oldies is intended to conjure up such wistful memories in aging punks. All things considered, it does a pretty good job.

General Public – Rub It Better – Review

May 1, 1995

Ex-pats of the English Beat pretty much picks up where they left off (slick, Westernized reggae/steel drum stuff) with a little Stone Roses thrown in.

Hector Zazou – Songs From the Cold Seas – Review

May 1, 1995

Songs From the Cold Seas is daunting, sexy, intriguing, hypnotic, and, in some places, pretty terrifying.