Search - Anita Lane :: Sex O'Clock

Intoxicating...addictive

Patrick M. Hnidka | Munhall, PA | 11/01/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This release is an intoxicating and addictive treat by the unique Anita Lane. Singing/speaking in equal parts Claudine Longet, Jane Birkin and Nick Cave, she inhabits these songs with melancholy resignation. From the menacing opening cover of Gil Scott-Heron's "Home Is Where The Hatred Is" thru to the deceptively soothing "Bella Ciao"(which I found out is a popular Italian song, celebrating anti-fascist resistance in the Second World War), Mick
Harvey surrounds his muse with lush orchestrations. Along the way, she encounters members of The Birthday Party and imparts "I Hate Myself" with sinister brooding, also making some slyly sensual stops along the way. Don't miss this if you want to hear something that will keep you spellbound for nearly 45 minutes!"

A wise woman

Patrick M. Hnidka | 04/30/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This one really is good. She has a sexy voice, but doesn't use it just to come on to men and alienate women. She speaks from the point of view of a woman who has learned a lot in life and takes responsibility for her own pleasure, which she has in abundance. Not content to wither and sing the blues when her man does her wrong, she instead vows to "make love to the next man that I see." In "I love you. I am no more" she is a housewife who is so caught up in lovemaking that she "doesn't know if the kids have eaten," an amusing and liberating line for us working mommies who run around feeling like we have to be everything to our kids, jobs and men. Another beautiful line from "I Love you.I am no more": "I think there was some kind of sunset." That's just one of the many poetic verses in this album."