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(The Real) Tuesday Weld presents the original soundtrack of Glen Duncan's 'I, Lucifer' (dreamy Records LP)
Like any soundtrack album this has its variations on certain themes and, wildly, in style. Unlike most soundtrack albums, it accompanies a book. Having not read it, I can't say how well the music fits the novel; but it seems to be a romantic fantasy involving the devil inhabiting a writer's body and given a last chance to be forgiven. I can understand the romance - Tuesday Weld (Stephen Coates) has in the past recalled the Divine Comedy's 'A Short Album about Love' - and the soppy ending, but nothing explains the boingy dance-pop of 'Bathtime in Clerkenwell'. It bebops like a sophisticate Lemon Jelly, or a more fun Moby. Also amongst the quasi-easy listening are hints of Baby Bird and a Folk Implosion sample fest, and some French, smooth as you like if all a bit odd. He might have a lot of guests or use a lot of pseudonyms. Whatever there's a cocktail duet with a woman called Pinkie Maclure, which I think also gives an idea of the album's pleasant if strange sound.

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