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Album DescriptionOver the course of just a few years, Foster has captivated audiences and critics alike through a magnetic patchwork of recordings ranging from broken spirited balladry ("Born Heller") to fiery psych rock gestalt ("All The Leaves Are Gone") to the voice of an outsider folk siren ("Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You"). The one constant is the utterly overwhelming strength and seductive unease of her voice and the bravery of an iconoclastic spirit. A deeply absorbing, magical reconstruction of 19th century German art songs that float in a wash of blissed voice and electric guitar in an almost dreamlike fashion through a salon of her own invention. She makes a case for German as one of the previously unknown romance languages.
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A haunting masterpiece J. R. | 07/08/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) ""Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" is easily the album of the year. It takes a few listens for this unsettling neo-folk album to click, but once it does, it quickly hits you as one of the most innovative albums in a long time.
Here, Foster covers seven German folk songs, which might sound dull merely from description - what invigorates the album is the electric guitar blazing away sorrowfully behind Foster's acoustic strums and her hypnotic warbling. But the album is never morose: mystery and sometimes joy creep into the songs despite the superficially disciplined and balanced nature of the album.
I can't wait to see what Josephine Foster does next. Highly recommended."
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