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Dance Hall at Louse Point [2020 Reissue]
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After releasing the '90s
masterpiece
,
deflected the immense pressure of a follow-up by teaming with guitarist
for this 1996 collaboration. Often mistakenly credited as an appearance on
's record (an artist who had never released a major-label solo record during his long career as a sideman, writer, and producer),
's contribution to
is at least equal to
's. Not only did the singer co-produce the record, she wrote all the record's lyrics and her vocal performances figure very prominently on
, which was released in America on the singer's label home,
. Artists always struggle with follow-ups to monumental records that can become bigger than the performers themselves.
dealt with the pressure by releasing a record that wouldn't be recognized as her own, while she spent the customary multi-year absence after what will be remembered as her best recording. That's not to suggest that this is strictly
's record either. Besides writing all the music and playing virtually every instrument,
displays a knack for sonic texturing that echoes
's 1995 classic on tracks like
with its dark organ pads providing the perfect stage for
's bold theatrics. Fans and critics heaping praise on
producer
might be surprised how the
- and
-produced
heads into its own grating, layered guitar crescendo that matches
with its groaning vocals and relentless slide guitars.
is in no way a strict duplication of
and
's prior work together on
. Listeners more appreciative of
's earlier work will relish the songstress' squeals, whispers, and howls over jangling atonal guitar figures and
motifs that recall
. Fellow members of the Bristol music "tribe,"
share more than studio experience and
influences; they possess uncommon instinct and a genius-level connection to
's bluesy, isolated, threatening soul. This collaboration records the artists during a time when their portal to that strange entity was at its most dilated. ~ Vincent Jeffries