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      Discard
      List
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Sean
      McQuaid
     
     
      Dionne
      Warwick
     
     
      Friends
      Can
      Be
      Lovers
     
     
      (BMG)
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      6.5
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Before
      Whitney
      Houston,
      before
      Mariah
      Carey,
     
     
      the
      grandmammy
      of
      the
      soulful
      pop
      divas
      hit
     
     
      the
      charts
      with
      her
      very
      first
      single,
      ‘‘Don’t
     
     
      Make
      Me
      Over’’,
      in
      1963.
      Over
      thirty
      years
     
     
      later,
      Warwick
      is
      still
      churning
      out
      the
      tunes
     
     
      With
      her
      latest
      release,
      ‘‘Friends
      Can
      Be
      Lov-
     
     
      ts’’.
      The
      album
      is
      in
      mnay
      ways
      typical
      of
      the
     
     
      multiple
      Grammy-winner’s
      past
      efforts,
      and
     
     
      there’s
      nothing
      particularly
      ground-breaking
      or
     
     
      ‘stonishing
      here.
      Still,
      it’s
      a
      pleasant
      enough
     
     
      listen.
      The
      title
      song
      is
      a
      pretty
      harmless,
     
     
      ‘‘venties-ish,
      easy-listening
      effort
      and
      typical
     
     
      f
      the
      fairly
      upbeat,
      soulful
      love
      songs
      of
      the
     
     
      ‘bum,
      though
      Warwick
      tries
      to
      display
      her
     
     
      “naughty
      side’?
      in
      the
      less
      than
      shockingly
     
     
      tovocative
      ‘‘Where
      My
      Lips
      Have
      Been’’.
     
     
      ther
      noteworthy
      tunes
      include
      a
      cover
      of
     
     
      ‘ing’s
      ‘Fragile’,
      the
      mildly
      moving
      ‘‘I
      Sing
     
     
      'Dawn’’,
      and
      ‘Love
      Will
      Find
      a
      Way’’,
      a
      duet
     
     
      "ith
      Warwick’s
      cousin,
      Whitney
      Houston,
      who
     
     
      ibues
      this
      tune
      with
      a
      bit
      more
      range
      and
     
     
      “lour
      than
      some
      of
      the
      other
      vocals.
      The
     
     
      lbum
      in
      general
      is
      a
      relaxing
      pleasant
      bit
      of
     
     
      “ening,
      good
      for
      drifting
      off
      to
      sleep
      with
      or
     
    
   
   
    
     
      'st
      drifting
      off
      into
      space.
      Fun
      for
      the
      whole
     
     
      amily,
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Flowerhead
     
     
      ...ka
      BLOUM!
     
     
      (BMG)
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      by
      gm
     
    

    
     
      Flowerhead
      cannot
      be
      typed;
      it
      will
      not
      fit
      into
     
     
      any
      label.
      The
      music
      has
      the
      basic
      componets
      of
     
     
      alternative
      rock
      (read:
      grunge);
      the
      vocal
      har-
     
     
      monies
      sound
      at
      times
      like
      the
      Grapes
      of
      Wrath;
     
     
      the
      lyrics
      are
      both
      self-searching
      and
      self-pro-
     
     
      moting;
      the
      lyric
      construction
      is,
      at
      times,
      much
     
     
      like
      the
      refrain
      techniques
      used
      by
      some
      heavy
     
     
      metal
      bands.
      My
      first
      thought
      was
      ‘
      “Screaming
     
     
      Trees
      meet
      the
      Grapes
      of
      Wrath’’.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      But
      ...ka
      BLOOM!
      is
      better
      than
      it
      looks
      on
     
     
      paper.
      Songs
      “‘Acid
      Reign’’
      and
      ‘‘Oh
      Shane’”’
     
     
      experiment
      with
      song
      construction.
      The
      lyrics
     
     
      of
      other
      songs
      sound
      as
      ifthe
      group
      isattmepting
     
     
      to
      write
      an
      anthem
      for
      today’s
      real
      music
      fans
     
     
      (as
      opposed
      to
      Stan’s
      techno-trash),
      but
      it
      won’t
     
     
      happen.
      ...ka
      BLOOM/is
      good
      enough
      to
      buy
      in
     
     
      cassette
      form
      but
      may
      be
      a
      waste
      of
      money
      as
      a
     
     
      CD
      investment.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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