Tasmin Archer C/D

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One brilliant debut single. One good album that was sort of a failure. Then we never heard any more of her. Why? She was so much better than most of the other stuff on the chart by 92-93.

I would say classic for sure.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 8 June 2006 23:20 (nineteen years ago)

Dud.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 8 June 2006 23:23 (nineteen years ago)

To be honest, I've only heard of her insofar as she covered Elvis Costello. She had a pretty horrible voice -- all trying to sound as though she was Singing, to the detriment of believability. I hate it when people do that. Unless she was a really great songwriter -- and really great, or even pretty good, songwriters don't usually trifle with that kind of vocal affectation -- I would have to say dud.

― Pessimist (Pessimist), Thursday, 8 June 2006 23:36 (nineteen years ago)

She made the best musical criticisms of US space policy, since..... uh......

― JTS (JTS), Thursday, 8 June 2006 23:41 (nineteen years ago)

Classic -- The first half of _Great Expectations_ is really solid. That record is still a $1 bin staple around here.

There was a second album (_Bloom_) that never got released in the US, and that's the story so far. I vaguely recall 'where are they now' feature on her in some UK mag a few years back, but can't remember any details.

― Jeff Wright (JeffW1858), Friday, 9 June 2006 00:55 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

Listened to "Great Expectations" again, and it's great. She probably waited to long to followup "Sleeping Satellite", and when she did she did with a very different single that sounded more like Suzanne Vega or something. Not that "In Your Care" is bad in any way though, just maybe a bit too different for her own good at that particular moment.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 12 October 2007 10:27 (eighteen years ago)

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