The Luv Show - Ann Magnuson

(Geffen CD GEFD-24817, Copyright 1995, Time: 51:45)

Producer: Don Fleming, Engineer: Adam Kasper, Tracks: Dead Moth; This Nothing Life; Waterbeds of Hollywood; It's a Great Feeling (Tease); Sex With the Devil; It's a Great Feeling; Miss Pussy Pants; Live, You Vixen!; Some Kind of a Swinger; L.A. Donut Day; M.K.C.F.; Swinger (Reprise); Man With No Face; I Remember You

The female half of Bongwater releases her first solo album. Like the character she played on the TV show "Anything But Love" (the flaky editor), "The Luv Show" is diverse, flaky, offbeat and mostly rather wonderful. There's a little more of a jazz cabaret feel to this album than on the more folkish, rootsy, earthy Bongwater releases. There's plenty of slightly odd and skewed stuff here. How many artists, male or female, do you know that would open an album with a song featuring a dead moth on a windowsill? WWW: http://www.geffen.com/

Rating : ****