.Two long-awaitetj albums from Lilith f aves

MATTHEW CARDINALE contributing writer

The latest from Tori Amos and Paula Cole are journeys: Tori's journey deep- er into planet electronica and Paula's al growth in "Pearl," kindness in affirmation of love and divinity. "Amen" and love in "God is Watch- Together, they're just perfect to take ing Us." us into the new millennium. Paula's music has become fuller, more I'm not sure if To Venus and Back When consistent and more complete. Sure, can You're is the correct title for Tori's new desig a rock she's not doing the verse/ chorus repeat n Your o,,, star like li . P1tli "fl double-disc album, because I don't vvn Ug/ on Arn Oro thing anymore, but who is these days think she's really come back at ry Shirts os, You besides Ricky Martin. "I Wanna be Some- 0 . too. all. Disc one is a forest of brand l'v7. n her third body" features T-Boz from TLC, just new material, while disc two is Sh:rylanc1, ｐ ｡ ｵ ｾ ｡ ｹ lost in th Flt gets pretty, one example of Paula's objective to inte- Tori live in concert during her Lilith ｾ ｡ ｳ later rea Cofe sto'P e Woods Of liI>lforo the rhymes are work- grate Lilith Fair pop with R&B. She . th air st. I scued b 'Ped t d e hetic a Warts .S: a er. 0 take a ing and it's lovely. The last track, sounds a bit like Mary Blige as she , recent Plugge tour: our own pn- 0 ry J. Pter · arah ｍ ｡ ｣ ｾ ｫ team ;est. vate Tori concert to play over and over 0 "1000 Oceans" is one of the prettiest investigates multicultural themes in · again! What's interesting to see is how used to. Ch/an drove relationship-related ballads Tori's ever her lyrics. She even raps on the fabu- the current evolutionary state of Tori It's the same Tori, a lit- done. lous track "Rhythm of Life." interprets old favorites like "Precious tle less accessible and a lot more elec- Paula Cole has done something total- The only concern for Tori and Paula Things," which was first released in tric. It's kind of glam-ish. "Bliss" is a ly different. True, she has abandoned is that they may have backed themselves 1991. little harsh, and that's good. "Father, I her angsty banshee approach to find into conceptual comers with their recent The live album rocks. It's a good col- killed my monkey. I let it out to taste something similar to Alanis, Jewel and efforts. How much further into the abyss lection of her stuff, ranging from B sides the sweet of spring... " is how she starts. Madonna, in that she's all about creat- of electronica can Tori go? And how like "Sugar" and "Cooling," to less cen- Tracks two and three are artistic and ing a message through her music: love preachy can Paula get before she tral previous album tracks like "Girl," slower. Then comes "Glory of the '80s," and divinity. Alanis thanks India. Jewel becomes the next Amy Grant? Ah, who to fan favorites like "Cornflake Girl" her fabulous tribute to my favorite says only kindness matters. Madonna cares. Great job, girls. and "Little Earthquakes." decade. Then there's, "RiotProof," which says to open your heart, lest you become Her new stuff takes some getting is just a lot of fun. On "Spring Haze",she frozen. And Paula talks about spiritu A Muse-ical inspiration

d e b u t happy is a vocalist, a tone and vibrancy that recently drummer and a bass play- is absolutely passion- released er. Of course, they have a ate. worldwide, few extras thrown in, but The songs on Show- M u s e mostly it's just the three biz are not only musi- should of them having a blast and cal and creative, they make it big kicking up a storm of also stick in your head -- if not with angst and rage. Muse is like crazy glue. Grant- MARI IRWIN this album, than with the also probably greatly ed, it probably helps if contributing writer nexl. aided by the production you like Radiohead, but The three Brits have smarts of John Leckie, this is certainly no Muse rocks. If they're been together since they who put together Tile clone. Muse has a good enough for Madon- were 13 and it shows Be11ds for Radiohead. sound that is all their nd lo snatch up for her through their tight sound. Lead singer Matthew own. After showing record label, they're good Normally it helps to have Bellamy, who has a voice this much talent on enough for you. This trio a bigger bana of about exactly like Thom Yorke, their first album, their of early twC'nlysomethings four or five people so that sings with a style very next should make them is a crazy combination of you have instant texture mud1 like Jeff Buckley and ｨ ｵ ｧ ･ Ｎ ｄ ･ ｦ ｩ ｮ ｩ ｾ ｬ ｹ ｬ ｯ ｯ ｫ prog and punk. Judging and layering. All Muse rocks out like Nirvana. for the name Muse to Know why Muse aren't sm1l1ng? Because those rumors about by Show/1iz, their brilliant needs to make your stereo There's a seething under- pop up in the near future. British dental hygeine are true. Boy. are they true arcade october 22, 1999 23