Ever since she appeared on Top Of The Pops heavily pregnant, to perform "Buffalo Stance", it's been obvious that Neneh Cherry would never choose to sacrifice her personal life--however intrusive or inconvenient--simply for the sake of her career. So neither the title nor the tone of her second album should come as any surprise: this is the work of a woman well-aware of her sexuality, yet grounded in a solid relationship ("Voluptuous", she boasts proudly, in "Sassy", "I … mehrmade a choice to be monogamous"). It's a dichotomy best summed up in "Move With Me", with its wonderful assertion of independence and love ("I'm strong enough / To be weak in your arms"), but in fact, the highlights here are many: "Money Love", with its thrilling stop-start arrangement; "Trout", a sex education paean on which Cherry duets with R.E.M's Michael Stipe over thundering Led Zep-style drums; and "Somedays", which sets Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata to a skeletal drum loop and features the album's most soulful vocals. --Andrew McGuire weniger
1 - Sassy
2 - Money Love
3 - Move With Me
4 - I Ain't Gone Under Yet
5 - Twisted… mehr
6 - Buddy X
7 - Somedays
8 - Trout - Cherry, Neneh & Michael Stipe
9 - Peace In Mind
10 - Red Paint weniger