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Lydia Lunch's career since deep-sixing Teenage Jesus and the Jerks has been an unpredictable path governed by boredom, sarcasm, romance, perversity and whatever musicians or collaborators are convenient at the time. Queen of Siam proves, at the very least, that she can do more than just scream (although her version of the Classics IV hit, "Spooky," shows she ain't exactly Beverly Sills, either). Half of the album consists of muted, somber variations on her Teenage Jesus fear-and-suffering dirges, but the real surprises are songs like "Lady Scarface," in which the big band arrangements (by Flintstones-theme composer Billy Ver Planck) turn Lunch's wry asides into a Billie Holiday nightmare.
Trouser Press.
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Mechanical Flattery |
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Gloomy Sunday |
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Tied and twist |
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Spooky |
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Los Bandistos |
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Atomic Bongos |
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Lady Scarface |
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A cruise to the Moon |
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Carnaval fat man |
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Knives in the Drain |
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Blood of Tin |
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