Title: probably in the top 20 best college albums of the 80's
Product review: In My Tribe is a great album. Natalie Merchant & Co. were very influential to the 90's Lilith Far acts that broke into the mainstream. "Verdi Cries" is wonderfully beautiful (Worth buying just for that one song). This album has all the ingredient's of a great album but looses a star for it's unevenness. There's about 5 or 6 standout tracks and the others are easy to forget. This album also looses points for it's 80's production values that has not held up well (Too much Reverb on the drums). One aspect of the album that has aged well is the lyrics. Merchant takes on issues that are still important today(Not that thats hard to do; we've been dealing with generally the same issues since the beginning of time). "They're so good at making soldiers, but they're not as good at making men"; is one of the better lines. Although this album might not hold up as well as U2's "War" or R.E.M.'s "Murmur" it's still among the great albums of the 80's.
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