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[koganbot]

Paris links:

Good blog post on Mincetapes about how the Paris album is about dancing.

Good Paris post from Penman. "One of the reasons I like the Paris (thus far) is that there has been no worked-up strictly-spin apologies: no 'train wreck then rehab/chat show confession/anorexic tell-all/United Nations envoy or charity gig' join the dots narrative."

And for the best long-running commentary on the Paris album and on the generally dishonest, defensive reaction to it, go to Dave Moore's Cure for Bedbugs. Start back on August 21 and read forward from there.

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

That Mincetapes post is excellent. It's not quite my interpretation of the album (which is yr archetypal gilded princess's yearning for Real Love even though she has no idea what this even is, let alone have any experience of it) but it's really cogent and well-thought-out.

I was thinking the other day that although Paris isn't necessarily the only album I'd award five stars, nor necessarily my album of the year, it is the only one I would unquestioningly give full marks to right now. (I have a very strong top 6 at this stage - Paris, Justin, Ellen Allien, The Knife, Junior Boys, Beyoncé - with several more bubbling beneath.)