By
      Kirby
      Ferguson
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Well,
      the
      year
      ain’t
      quite
      over,
      but
      here
      at
      the
      X-
     
     
      Press
      we
      close
      down
      fairly
      early
      so
      I’m
      going
      to
     
     
      begin
      my
      summation
      of
      the
      year
      in
      music.
      Next
      week
     
     
      I’ll
      be
      listing
      the
      best
      and
      the
      worst
      of
      91,
      but
      for
     
     
      now
      I’m
      going
      to
      skim
      through
      some
      of
      the
      year’s
     
    
   
   
    
     
      more
      notable
      releases,
      good
      and
      bad,
      starting
      off
      with
     
     
      our
      fellow
      Canadians.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SOLACE-
      Sarah
      McLachlan.Brrrr...
      pretty
      chilly
     
     
      stuff.
      Uncannily
      Sinead-like
      at
      times.
      ‘‘The
      Path
      of
     
     
      Thorns’’
      is
      lovely,
      but
      the
      rest
      kinda
      floats
      off
      into
     
     
      oblivion.
      Pompous
      lyrics
      to
      boot.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      NIGHT
      RIDE
      HOME-
      Joni
      Mitchell.Also
      rather
      cool
      THE
      GHOSTS
      THAT
      HAUNT
      ME-
      The
      Crash
      Test
     
     
      ind
      airy
      somewhat
      like
      Sarah,
      but
      the
      songs
      are
      of
      Dummies,The
      fluke
      hit
      of
      the
      year,
      proving
      that
      when
     
     
      yetter
      quality.
      Not
      bad
      atall.
      you
      have
      a
      great
      melody
      absurd
      lyrics,
      pseudo-
      sing-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      LOAD
      APPLES-
      The
      Tragically
      Hip.One
      ofa
      handful
      ing
      anda
      bizarre
      name
      mean
      nothing.
      The
      sound
      is
     
     
      if
      the
      year’s
      rock
      ‘n’
      roll
      releases.
      They
      have
      a
      refreshingly
      rootsy,
      though
      the
      writing
      leaves
      some-
     
     
      tiving,
      forceful,
      rocking,
      blah-blah-blah
      sound,
      and
      thing
      to
      be
      desired
      a
      the
      lyrics
      are
      simply
      bad
     
     
      ock
      dynamics
      in
      spades.
      Beauty.
      poetry.
      Good
      taste
      in
      covers.
     
    

    
     
      PHE
      REALITY
      OF
      MY
      SURROUNDINGS-
      Fishbone
      2
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      big
      disappointment
      for
      me.
      I
      expected
      them
      to
      ~
     
     
      become
      a
      modern
      day
      Sly
      and
      the
      Family
      Stone,but
      ss
      ~_4
     
     
      this
      is
      closer
      to
      hardcore
      than
      r&b/rock.
      It’s
      Okay,
      but
      .
      :
     
     
      [
      expected
      something
      a
      little
      more
      musical.
      A
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
        
        
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      MAMA
      SAID-
      Lenny
      KravitzThe
      fact
      that
      he’s
     
     
      derivative
      as
      hell
      goes
      without
      saying,
      but
      he’s
      inter-
      i
     
     
      esting
      at
      least.
      He
      has
      monumental
      chops,
      but
      it’s
      all
      a
     
     
      artificial
      (though
      he’s
      trying
      to
      be
      real)-
      notan
      origi-
      i
     
     
      nal
      note
      to
      be
      found,
      and
      the
      dopey,
      hippy-dippy
      sees
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      VAN
      MORRISON
      #eceauiens
     
     
      lyrics
      don’t
      help.
      If
      he
      gets
      his
      own
      voice
      look
      out.
      —~——
      Be
      a
      eS
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Hymns
      To
      The
      Silence
      BQ
      S37
     
     
      THE
      SOUL
      CAGES-
      Sting
      Well
      done,
      thoughtful
      =
      |
     
     
      yri-feat
      e
      E
      APOCALYPSE
      91-
      Public
      Enemy.Definitely
      not
     
     
      ,
      boring,
      but
      a
      throwaway
      nonetheless.
      HYMNS
      TO
     
     
      Hymns
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      SILENCE-
      Van
      Morrison,Now
      playing
      at
      an
      POP
      POP-
      Rickie
      Lee
      Jones
      Sheer
      boredom
      froma
     
     
      elevator
      near
      you.
      woman
      I
      expected
      more
      from.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Duan
      WOODFACE-
      Crowded
      House,Almost
      knocked
      a
      PA
      y
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ec
      9
      ee
      certain
      bunch
      of
      smug
      Athenians
      off
      my
      top
      ten.
      |
      yy
      AST
      BY
     
     
      RD
      ait
      Cs
      aan
      Wonderfully
      tuneful.
      Not
      earth-shattering,
      but
      still
      De
      Wee
      SS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      pretty
      good.
      w
      .
      ss
     
     
      es
      SR
      Moonee
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
        
     
     
        
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      eee
      YS
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      METALLICA-
      Metallica,I’m
      not
      saying
      if
      this
      is
      we
     
     
      good
      or
      bad
      (though
      it’s
      certainly
      impressive),
      but
      I
     
    
   
   
    
     
      just
      don’t
      want
      to
      listen
      to
      it,
      and
      unless
      you
      got
      an
      ger
      ds
     
    
   
   
    
     
      extra
      y-chromosome
      or
      something
      I’m
      not
      sure
      why
     
     
      FRASER
      RE
      per
      Coane
      EUS
      aes
     
     
      pans
      2
      REN
      My
      eA
      seh
      ar
      ia
      bial
      ts
      aateibeelnehelaaiaal
      ers
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
       
     
     
       
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      e.
      ae
      rt
      A
      y
      ~
     
     
      ou
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      anyone
      else
      would
      either.
     
     
      RAM
      DA
      dM
      ide
      RM
      Bint
     
    
   
   
    
     
      }:
     
     
      a
     
     
      Nyt
      aed
     
     
      M4
      Mk
      4
      he
      .
      bat
      ie
      :
     
     
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      PN
      VR
      AN
      Eee
      i
      a
     
     
      pee
      ee
      at
      Ps
      i
      har
     
     
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      IT!
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