81. For Jones, the album is a disappointment. 82. For a while, Mark Linkous, the soft-spoken leader of the one-man group Sparklehorse, thought his first album would be his last. 83. Happily, the album is further evidence of how much musicians stand to benefit by ignoring demographic pressures and reaching outside their musical pigeonholes. 84. He found himself smitten with the art form, and the album is the result of that infatuation. 85. He says the album will be a dance-oriented project incorporating elements of his West African heritage. 86. Her album is due out in the spring, and Norwood expects her music to grow up with her. 87. Her albums are not about marketing, but about an inner spiritual search that is changing and shifting all the time. 88. Her first album was mainly McKechnie playing piano. 89. Her album was a critical and commercial triumph. 90. Her most recent album was not a huge success, and she seemed genuinely moved to see that the waterlogged crowd knew all the lyrics. |