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Bonnie Raitt
Silver Lining
Capitol Records
From the fiery femme
that brought listeners
“Something To Talk
About” comes an album
not half as inviting and far less refreshing than
the earlier hit.
The redheaded stepchild of Southern-fried
blues rock borrowed the title track for this
album from British alt-rocker David Gray,
whose own recording of “Silver Lining” lasts
for six minutes, and is long by radio standards,
but not unjustifiably. Raitt’s extended version
drones on for an extra 19 seconds — 19 sec
onds of artistic butchery.
Gray’s version demolishes Raitt’s reckless
hack job. After all, it is his song.
Borrowing so heavily from Gray was a
mistake on Raitt’s part. This move forces lis
teners to compare the artists to each other, and
as the one adopting Gray's work, Raitt stands
as the lesser of the two.
The rest of the album is not much better.
Raitt has talent as a singer and guitarist, but
at times both seem superfluous on this disc. The
lyrics she sings — she only wrote three of the
tracks — have various meanings but lack any
depth or exceptional storytelling. Maybe that is
what happens after a person makes 17 albums.
“I Can’t Help You Now” might be a bright
spot in the collection as the song fuses under
stated, fitting guitar parts with Raitt’s sultry
vocals into a brutally honest, but not extrava
gant oration.
“Time Of Our Lives” is not terribly bad
either, but all tracks on the disc seem ingen-
uine. (Grade: C)
—Thomas Phillips
The Anniversary
Your Majesty
Vagrant Records
Leave it to
Vagrant Records to
provide music fans
with another band
worthy of the $15
shelled out for a CD.
The Anniversary is in a class all of its own
with its second full-length album Your
Majesty, which captures a hybrid sound of
1970s hippie rock and modern indie rock.
With a combination of comfortable vocals,
ruckus guitar breaks and timely, but off-beat
drumming. Your Majesty has a unique, yet
identifiable, sound. Adrianne Pope’s appro
priate keyboard playing adds just enough flair
to this album.
Opening with “Sweet Marie,” listeners may
have an instantaneous reaction: “groovy
track.” With dreamy vocals mixed with a syn
thesized chorus and pounding percussion,
“The Death of the King” is another stand-out
track on this album and provides a great sum
mary of the band’s sound.
The Anniversary added different flavors to
each song while keeping a cohesive sound
throughout the entire album.
Josh Berwanger and Justin Roelofs, who
both play vocals and guitar, are the minds
behind the lyrics for Your Majesty. With
songs dealing with regretful relationships in
the third track, “Peace, Pain & Regret,” and
leaving a love to discover oneself in “The
Siren Sings,” Your Majesty, for the most
part, has great songwriting and provides the
listener with a heartfelt, uplifting journey.
(Grade: B+)
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