Waifish and thin, Jill Sobule's voice isn't the kind that jumps right out at you. This isn't a singer who goes for immediacy. On the introspective pop/rock effort Things...
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Jill Sobule 4/11/1995, Yahoo! Music, Jim Derogatis
While "I Kissed A Girl" and "Supermodel" (which was added to the album in later pressings) showcase Sobule's flair for light-hearted pop fluff, the rest of the disc shows...
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Sobule's second Atlantic effort kicks off with "Bitter," an indelible pop song co-written by former Bongo Richard Barone that is actually sweeter than pecan pie. The album...
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Jill Sobule's self-titled '95 release established her as one of the hippest 'n' cleverest of the new femme story tellers (the single "I Kissed A Girl" was banned from...
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Jill Sobule's summer-vacation success with "I Kissed a Girl" almost sank her in cement as a one-hit wonder, even though that fun tune surely got her all the dates she could...
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Topical singer-songwriters don't get good grades. Phil Ochs had a fantastic
knack for melody and his words were always well-crafted, but the topicality
of his tunes always...
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Folk-pop singer Sobule's fourth album, and first for the indie Beyond label, isn't a radical change in direction; her airy, hypnotically intriguing little girl voice,...
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Wisely avoiding the "best-of" or "greatest-hits" title that would be stretching the concept for an artist who only had one moderately successful song reach the charts, this...
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Singer/songwriter Jill Sobule's quirky tales of love, loss, and human frivolity would seem precious and cloying in the hands of a lesser interpreter. Underdog Victorious,...
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