Rickie Lee Jones "unplugged" -- in fact, solo with an acoustic guitar or piano on all but a couple of tunes -- Naked Songs is otherwise a retrospective concert album on...
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Ghostyhead 6/17/1997, Yahoo! Music, Dave DiMartino
Few people expected as mature and well- crafted a modern statement as Jones managed with this, her so called "trip-hop" album. Featured considerable help from a former...
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Ghostyhead finds Rickie Lee Jones in the odd position of following a younger generation, as its languid trip-hop beats suggest that she has been listening to Portishead,...
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Fabulous production by Steely Dan's Walter Becker makes this Jones's best- sounding record ever. Its personal subject matter, on the other hand--it's very family ...
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Five years after the disappointing The Magazine, Rickie Lee Jones returned to form with Flying Cowboys, which shared much of the playful, childlike charm of her debut,...
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It's hard to fault her song selection--heard here are versions of the Left Banke's classic "Walk Away Renee" as well as Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life"-- but this...
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This seven-song EP originally was released as a 10" record. It's a charming collection featuring Billy Strayhorn's standard "Lush Life," as well as the Left Banke bit "Walk...
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An eclectic collection of covers from one of jazz-pop's most eclectic performers, Pop Pop travels from the stage to tin pan alley through Jimi Hendrix's sky. Rickie Lee...
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One of the most impressive debuts for a singer/songwriter ever, this infectious mixture of styles not only features a strong collection of original songs (the hits are...
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In 1983, Warner Brothers released Rickie Lee Jones/Pirates, which contained Rickie Lee Jones' first two albums, from 1979 and 1981, respectively, on a double-LP set or...
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The Magazine 1/1/1984, Yahoo! Music, Dave DiMartino
Not quite the major work that was Pirates, this set features "It Must Be Love," Jones's catchiest tune since "Chuck E.'s In Love."...
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The reason The Magazine was such a disappointment was that Jones had proven herself a major artist with her first two albums and turned into a self-conscious, pretentious,...
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"Just give me many chances...time to learn to crawl," sings Rickie Lee Jones on this, her fifth album of new material in 14 years. Clearly, she's had a lot of chances...
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Not since Billie Holiday has there been a vocalist who so completely transforms a song into her own. On It's Like This, eclectic folkie Rickie Lee Jones envelops standards,...
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One of the more eclectic souls when it comes to the outskirts of adult contemporary pop, Rickie Lee Jones originally didn't foresee this 2001 concert from Colorado being...
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Once upon a time Rickie Lee Jones was unfairly considered a poor girl's Joni Mitchell, thanks to certain physical similarities, an affection for jazz-related pop-rock and a...
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On her first offering of new, self-penned material in six years, Rickie Lee Jones offers songs from the font of the well. No covers, no live tracks, just an honest to...
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