Title: Visionary -- The Work of An Artist in Full Flower
Product review: The new album by Alanis displays an artist remarkably comfortable in her own skin, weaving a tapestry of middle-eastern sounds, folk, rock, harmonies, and homilies -- this is not your normal pop music. Instead, Alanis seems fully aware she is "stoking the starmaking machinery behind the popular song," as Joni Mitchell once famously sang, and with Alanis the comparison to Joni is apt. Like Joni, Alanis grows as an artist with each record, using her prominence and position to expand the horizons of both her and her audience. This is an album for the adventurer, the dreamer, the optimist, and the mystic -- it is not to be listened to casually, but must be drunk in, absorbed, to be appreciated. The first single, "Everything," captures the mood of the record -- very optimistic, spiritual, and loving. It's also a great song -- let's hope it doesn't get lost among the Aguileras, Britnes, and Avrils out there. This is music for the soul -- buy it and enjoy!
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