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Article: CD reviews: Scarlett Johansson, Sonny Landreth, Curt Smith.(WEB)(short reviews of current sound recordings)
- Article from:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- May 21, 2008
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Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
Having a great voice isn't necessarily a prerequisite for an album of Tom Waits covers. But the voice had better be expressive. Waits's growling, world-weary vocal delivery always accentuates his greatest strength: his lyrics. Scarlett Johansson doesn't possess black-belt vocal chops - she's shown up by backing vocalist David Bowie on two tracks - and the actress's line readings are curiously emotionless. The Hitchcockian blonde just doesn't convince as a Beat-poet barfly. (One exception: The 23-year-old's inspired take on "I Don't Want to Grow Up," its catchy disco rendering galaxies away from the original or the ...
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