I bought the album in the 80's when it came out. I ended up buying her previous albums too. I recently heard "It must be love" and decided I had to have the cd. (My record player is long gone). I got it yesterday and it is still one of the greatest albums/cds ever. Rickie Lee Jones is a poet and a musician unlike any other. From "Gravity" to "Juke Box Fury" to "Deep Space" she is both diverse, moving and original.
June 26, 2008 |  | The arrangements are great, too |  |
As most reviewers here note, the music and lyrics on this album are brilliant. In addition, however, the arrangements are genius. The horn things jive with the bass and swing like Gina Lollobrigida in a rumba contest, while Ricky Lee's voice soars and glides like Cirque du Soleil in the space station. There is complexity here that gives great pleasure in the hundredth listening, and the thousandth.
May 26, 2008Like some of my favorite books, I had to buy it yet AGAIN, because it's so good that people ask to borrow it and "forget" to return it. It is haunting and after 23 years since it came out in 1984, It's still pretty hard to find anything so evocative. It's raw and emotional, and in my opinion, her best work. In terms of creative genius, lyrics and melody combined, a beautiful album!!
February 17, 2008this album (from a time when they were still albums) is still fresh and modern and listening to it again makes you aware of how many artists have been influenced by this music, some of the musical chords amazingly poignant and others so exciting and energy-filled. If you haven't sat still and listened to this from one end to the other in years (while re-reading the lyrics), you owe yourself a treat to do so, you won't regret a moment of it.
January 3, 2007Though I'd heard "Chuck E.'s in love" on the radio, I didn't really know about Rickie Lee Jones until I started dating Lisa, a sweet girl who had separated from her girlfriend and wanted to try dating a man once more. I discovered her passion, Rickie Lee's Music. We saw Rickie Lee perform in concert at the Universal Amphitheatre, and I bought every record on the market. This was the last one I bought, since Lisa dumped me, letting me know that she was returning to her girlfriend, who had better curves than did I. That's alright. I have Rickie Lee Jones.
August 1, 2006More reviews at Amazon.com ...
Daily Birthdays
