Would-Be-Goods Emmanuelle Béart

Format: CD-EP.
Year Of Release: 2001.
Label: Matinee.
Label reference #: matinee 030.
TK Mailorder Reference ID: M10506
Approximate release date: September 25, 2001.
Genres: British Bands

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First release in eight years from adored English act with previous records on the legendary Él and Trattoria labels. The title track is a two-minute manic pop thrill sure to incite frenzy on dancefloors across the globe with blazing guitars and the pristine voice of Jessica Griffin singing about French film star Emmanuelle Béart. "Je lèche les vitrines" and "Everybody Wants My Baby" transport us to the Rive Gauche, with acoustic guitars, cello, and accordion serving as a perfect backdrop for Jessica's hauntingly beautiful voice. The closing "Words" is another electric affair that swings in all the right places and could have fit nicely on the band's debut album "The Camera Loves Me." Completing the current lineup are former members of Heavenly/Marine Research and Razorcuts. Following this single and a forthcoming 7" on English label Fortuna Pop!, the band will release its third album "Brief Lives" on Matinée and Fortuna Pop! in January.

Track listing:

1. "Emmanuelle Béart"
2. "Je Lèche Les Vitrines"
3. "Everybody Wants My Baby"
4. "Words"

Twee Kitten review of Emmanuelle Béart
by Keith Mclachlan

Jessica Griffin, if it is she on the cover, could be a dead ringer for Julianne Moore should Julianne Moore also adopt the Amelia Fletcher bob as her standard get-up. Jessica is a smart girl, or so I would assume since she is an Oxford graduate but then there are a couple of Oxford graduates on the I Love Music message board that really do not project the most imposing of intellects but then again I suppose college can not make you an original thinker that sees outside the box. Anyhow. The first Would Be Goods release in 8 years finds them sounding a lot like the Would Be Goods 8 years ago. Not a lot has changed, her singing is still delightfully polite, the music clearly delineated in the mix and well it is a welcome return and perfectly underwhelming in the best manners of a well educated college graduate. Ben Stein/Peter Momtchiloff plays a bit of guitar, how sad that people are calling him a member of Sportique instead of affording him his deserving glory as member of Marine Heavenly Gosh, he plays a few tricky riffs and then went home for tea I suppose.



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