MINE
I bought this album because I loved, loved, loved 10,000 Maniacs. In My Tribe and Blind Man's Zoo were both on high roation on my turntables in the late 80s, and that was largely due to Ms Merchant's voice. But re-listening to Tigerlily, I realise this didn't translate, for me, to her solo career. The single Carnival is good, but the rest is just a bit - meh. Well done and all, but it doesn't resonate the way those other, earlier, Maniacs albums did.
VERDICT: THROW IT OUT
YOURZ
I've never been a fan of 10,000 Maniacs. In fact, I never really understood the fuss. It always sounded pretty light-on and nothing special. Merchant's voice is pretty enough in that preppy indie kinda way but this is pretty much it, as far as I'm concerned.
VERDICT: THROW IT OUT
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