The Best Miserable Albums Of All Time
Jewel
Pieces Of You
ATLANTIC, 1994
If there's anything more tiresome than adolescent angst, it's beauiful
people wittering on about how difficult life is. Angsty, adolescent,
Swiss-American beauty Jewel Kilcher went against type, turned in a lengthy
album of rare depth and made herself a coffee bar superstar in the process.
Her intriguing ennui is that of a middle-aged divorcée: it's
everyone's fault but hers. It's her father's fault she wants to rip his
throat out; her ex-lover's fault she's off to the cinema alone etc etc.
Cumulatively, the effect is akin to being bashed around the temples with
an Erica Jong novel. Yes, that good.
Best Tracks Who Will Save Your Soul, Morning Song, Angel Standing By
Best Moment Morning Song's "You can be Henry Miller and I'll be Anaïs Nin"
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