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Title: Masterpiece
Review: The statuesque Ute is a beauty so monumental, she's almost architectural. And she's got a voice and delivery to match, plus on this album, a taste for superb material. My favorites are the Nick Cave, Elvis Costello and Tom Waits compositions, but what is really impressive is how her voice holds together the Scott Walker song Scope J (If one can call the experimental construct a song).Anyone who can sing along to, let alone intelligently interpret, such a bizarre and dark little symphony deserves 5 stars just for the effort. I like my divas dark and dangerous, like Nico of Velvet Underground and Marianne Faithfull sometimes, so Ute fits the bill. With songs like these and her vocal virtuosity, Punishing Kiss is a masterpiece. This import CD is enhanced by a second Scott Walker song titled Lullabye.All That Jazz: The Best Of Ute LemperBoy Child: The Best of Scott Walker 1967-1970
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