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- Summary: This is the solo debut for Melissa Auf der Maur, who served as bassist for both Smashing Pumpkins and Hole. Chris Goss produced the disc, which also features appearances from Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Brant Bjork (Kyuss) and James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins).
- Record Label: EMI
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Top Track
Lightning Is My Girl | |
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Lightning is my girl Gonna let the lightning Tuck me into my bed Gonna let that man Let him into my head I'll see you in my dream time Electrified... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 19
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Mixed: 11 out of 19
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Negative: 1 out of 19
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Though Auf Der Maur has run off with their blueprint and built it as seen, theres raw passion and no little class here; Corgan and Love must be rueing their luck.
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Alternative PressThe disc's bread and butter is Auf Der Maur's smoking riffs. [Jun 2004, p.106]
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FilterAuf der Maur builds a strong rhythmic foundation on this record and then proceeds to layer the white powder on top to hook the kids. [#11, p.94]
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Ultimately, it's hard to avoid that Auf Der Maur is living in the past, re-creating 1996 and acting like she's still 24.
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It's not, in the final reckoning, a terribly important and wildly impressive record.
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Auf der Maur plays the kinda late-'90s alt-rock that Veruca Salt's debut (American Thighs, the one with "Seether") hinted at (too bad this isn't the late '90s...).
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She never finds a way to distinguish one track from the next, or from the output of just about any '90s alt-rock also-ran.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 12
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Mixed: 1 out of 12
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Negative: 1 out of 12
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TKirkJun 1, 2004The sound provides something missing from today's generic pop fluff and "alternative" or rock crap. I found it tight and extremely listenable...
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JeffreyBFeb 24, 2006
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Apr 19, 2011
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Aug 27, 2010
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Jun 29, 2020
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[Anonymous]Mar 27, 2006
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JonHJun 5, 2004As bad as Courtney Love's album, cliche filled, uninspired.
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