Critics' Voices: Feb. 4, 1991

MUSIC

ENO/CALE: WRONG WAY UP (Opal/Warner Bros.). Of course it's weird: 10 tunes that are part madman mumblings, part hip mantras. The music is spooky and melodic, however, and everything that seems strange at first starts very quickly to sound almost everyday -- if every day is like a dream.

SHIRLEY HORN: YOU WON'T FORGET ME (Verve). Her voice is sultry, voluptuous, plaintive; her piano work both driving and delicate. Combine them with brilliant backing by the likes of Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis (separate tracks, please), and you get one of the most exciting performances by a jazz singer since...

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