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E-40 In A Major Way

Recorded under the Jive logo this LP features some excellent mixing ruined by E-40’s tortured lyrical style. Marketing a hard- core image that is not really there, he has enough smarts to get help from more notable rappers such as Spice-1, Suga Tand 2pac. Guest appearances such

TERRICLARK

Forcountry musicfans on campus, a great newrelease to pick upis the album Terri Clark by Terri Clark. This female singer performs new-style country songs while keeping traditional country music storyline -- a good combination. Clark sings such songs as “When Boy Meets Girl” and “Better Things To Do” with great enthusiasm, while her slow songs, “Tyin’ A Heart To A Tumbleweed” and “Is Fort Worth Worth It’, are performed just

as these make it worth buying, but onlyon sale.

-- Lorne Cabarn

SOUND OPINIONS

By Mike Beagan

The summer has ended, and a world of ge has begun to unfold itself upon the ents of U.P.E.1. Our Mcjobs have been aced by the first assignments of our new

es, and our well earned minimum wages quickly spent on stacks of overpriced texts surprise parking fees. As our summer s into memory, we must take a look back pe just what we might have missed before it pne. What did you miss out on? All of the ic reviews that you couldn’t read while the ress was in hiatus, of course! Oh my, what mmer is has been for music.

First on my hit list is Sandbox’s Bionic itude/EMI). These guys from Nova Scotia e been shaking up the airwaves all summer

their radio friendly sound and intelligent s. Although this release is far from

ound in its contents, it is a wholly pleasur- listening experience.

Far more interesting is the “official” jor label release by Everclear. Sparkle and le (Capitol/EMI) is an outstanding release

ally exploding with raw emotional power. vy guitar driven sounds combine success- ly with deep and realistic lyrical poetry to

a very fulfilling album. I recommend it y highly.

No nearly so interesting is Radiohead’s Bends. Although the there is nothing icularly wrong with this disk, there does seem to be anything particularly right with ther. Although well played, none of the

igs exude the magical power of Radiohead’s

previous hit “Creep”. Not bad, but not memorable either.

13 Engines have returned with a great effort on their new release Conquistador (EMI). The sound is still loud and raw, however this particular release stands far above 13 Engines’ previous release Perpetual Motion Machine. Consistently entertaining and thought provok- ing, this is some fine party music.

On the lighter side of this summer’s releases is the self-titled Gene (Polydor) from England. While this debut disc features two bonus songs on the Canadian version, there is not a whole lot to get excited about. The first time that I listened to this disc, I thought it was wonderful, however, it has quickly lost its appeal for reasons I am unable to understand or explain. It may be the overall sameness of the tracks, or the blatantly radio-friendly sound. They are a light sounding, bluesy pop band. If you are interested, then check them out.

Bob Marley and the Wailers Natural

Mystic (Tuff Gong/Island)

is a wonderful companion to the Legend compilation released several years ago. Marley is a poet and prophet to millions, and this overdue collection of his more politically motivated classics is bound to satisfy the vast majority of them. Natural Mystic is a must have for any reggae fan.

Well folks, that about does it for this week. I’ll be back next week to impose more of my uneducated opinions on you. Hope to see you again in the pages of the X-Press (or whatever we’re called next week).

Empire Records: The Soundtrack (various) (A&M Records)

aswellin hernew-style country voice. This release is all around an excellent first album for this new country artist and is well recom- mended -- Amy Gallan ecaoenveeeeeoeeeoeoee e000

Tricky Maxinquaye (Island)

I really expected to like this CD. I really wanted to like this CD. I really did not like this CD. With a passing knowledge of the European “overdub” sound made famous by Massive Attack and Soul II Soul, I had expected great things from these 12 tracks. However, | got an earful of sublime sound that lulled me into a trance-like state. One of the few saving graces of this CD is the third track, “Black Steel,” where guitars emerge from layers of weird percussion for a change of pace. Definitely an acquired taste, but worth buying if you like quiet, pensive music that has an ever-so-slight techno edge.

--Joel Gillespie.

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While | haven't seen the movie yet, | like the soundtrack enough that! might go. Even ugh the movie looks like just another flick about little guys against the big, bad corporations, the ndtrack absolutely rocks. That only makes sense, since the movie's about arecord store. It's an album with grunge appeal. Itcontains a wide variety of artists and styles from modern rk, with a refreshing absence of techno and not one certified number one bandinthewhole mess. e biggest draws are the Gin Blossoms, Toad the Wet Sproket and the Cranberries. The rest n'texactly cut-rate nobodies... they're GOOD nobodies! From manicintensity (The Mieces’ ady, Steady, Go’; Coyote Shivers’ ‘Sugarhigh’) to slowerintrospective tunes (Innocence Mission, ight as Yellow), this albumis more of a cross-section of comtemporary underground thana Ndtrack. That's good! Variety is very nice. Don't matter an iota if you see the movie, just buy the soundtrack. (4)--T. Drake

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