Lucy Woodward - While You Can

Lucy Woodward
While You Can
2003 Atlantic Records

Lucy Woodward - voice, pointless warbling
Abe Laboriel Jr - drums
Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards
Mike Elizondo - bass
Pino Palladino - bass
Kenny Aronoff - drums
+ others

So this girl Lucy has sung sessions with all kinds of unique players like Groove Collective and Joe Cocker. So what would that lend one to think about her debut? About 4oz. of crappo. This is one of the most faceless, homogenous, pabulum of the decade. This album makes the entire output of Michelle Branch seem like the second coming of Janice Joplin. Even with session aces like Aronoff (John Mellencamp, Smashing Pumpkins) and Muhoberac (Seal) this effort comes off as completely devoid of any individuality.

I guess the record company needed a fresh set of come hither eyes and a half exposed rack tethered to a barely contained need to look different by looking like every other faux Aeropostale/Abercrombie & Fitch/Gap advert pinup (yes, we certainly haven't seen enough of those clones now have we)....

With respect to buying this, its just like the album title, While You Can , the fact is you shouldn't.