Rendons à César le fait qu'au moment de sa sortie, il y a environ 9 mois, le disque a été accueilli chaudement par la critique, juste reconnaissance d'une artiste au parcours solitaire plus enviable que celui de son homonyme masculin. Admettons-le, tout net, il est très désagréable d'avoir l'impression que, pour telle ou telle autre raison, on passe à côté d'une petite merveille d'intelligence et de finesse, ou pire encore, à côté de morceaux comme "Rusted pipe" ou du prochain single "Men in a war" dont la sortie est prévue ce mois-ci.
Avec ou sans DNA, Suzanne est authentique et sa bannière est la délicatesse, une qualité par des temps sonores de surexposition aux hard mixes réchauffés et racoleurs, que l'on ne peut qu'applaudir à 3 mains, pas trop fort car le charme risquerait de se rompre. Days of open hand peut se traduire par générosité totale alors inutile de baisser la tête ou d'enfoncer celle-ci dans les épaules, la vie est bien trop courte pour écouter triste.
Here, dear friends, are a few lines of notice so that, rid of "Tom's Diner" adored by all, during the autumn and, once even the wind chill had come, we can, in all peace, devote (finally) our benevolent ears to the genius joy of listening to the necklace of rare pearls that constitutes this album of our favorite Suzanne Vega.
Let's give credit to Caesar for the fact that at the time of its release, about 9 months ago, the record was warmly welcomed by the critics, just recognition of an artist with a solitary path more enviable than that of her male namesake. Let's admit it, it's very unpleasant to have the impression that, for such or such other reason, we miss a little marvel of intelligence and finesse, or even worse, to miss tracks like "Rusted pipe" or the next single "Men in a war" which is scheduled to be released this month.
With or without DNA, Suzanne is authentic, her banner is the delicacy and by sound times of overexposure to the warmed and raunchy hard mixes, we can only applaud with 3 hands, but not too loudly because the charm would risk to break. Days of open hand can be translated by total generosity then useless to lower the head or to sink this one in the shoulders, the life is much too short to listen sad.
© thierry massard / march 1991
originally edited through a weekly chronicle in the daily french newspaper :: la presse de la manche
(restored links as far as possible)
