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Comic Book Whore
Jane Jensen
Manufacturer: Interscope Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001Y3P
Release Date: 1997-01-07

Tracks:

More Than I Can
Luv Song
King
Cowboy
Highway 90
Listen
Blank Sugar
Dream Ridiculous Implausible
Clumsy
Superstar
Be Just Sound

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Please enter a title for your review.......2006-07-03

The music isn't much concerned with melody, just timbre, rhythm and atmosphere. The vocal delivery has so much personality, and the lyrics are so evocative, like Jane is some sleepwalking stowaway on a spaceship, telling you half-remembered stories and dreams. It sounds completely non-rehearsed. At the time this album was just another quirky alternative pop-rock album, but with that era behind us now, the album has proven to be so much more musically enduring than I would have imagined. More Than I Can is the most melodic, immediately catchy song, and a well chosen single, maybe even written for a single, but the stand-outs for me are Blank Suger and Dream Ridiculous Implausable, where Jane's multitracked vocals reach their peak of random colliding cuteness.

Don't let the title fool you..........2005-04-01

This album came out like the first firefly in summer when the guys were pretty much swamping the music scene. Her song release, "More Than I Can", actually did get airplay, and I considered it a hit. Don't let the title fool you. Jane is more serious than comic books, and she has more substance than your general "whore". Her lyrics are deep, intelligent, and insightful - profound poetry put to electronic, bass-driven, techno-type pop rock.

The true artistry is in the fact that all this meaning is cloaked in Interscope Records' plucking, prodding, and polishing. It's covert, almost, as if they tried to hide Jane Jensen behind a cardboard cut-out of a teenage boy's fantasy, and out leaked the supergirl. Isn't that the way it is, though? We gals learn early what personas are presentable, only to find the presentation isn't worth it at all. What counts is the stuff we've been hiding...the stuff of us. Take, for instance, "Clumsy", where Jane Jensen asks, "You want the girl that you see...so why the h*ll don't you want me?" Or the confessional, "Highway 90", where she admits, "I think about a girl, she lives so fast. She coulda been a Super Sonic Chica. If she could get off her *ss."

My personal favorites are the tracks where she gets strong in her lyrics, such as "Listen" ("You, You're going to listen to me now. You, You better watch yourself this time.") and "More Than I Can" ("That's just more than I can give. I'm gonna save myself first..."); and the tracks were she gets philisophical, such as "Be Just Sound" ("Kafka's no bedtime story.And you're no morning glory.") and "Superstar" ("So why you wanna be so quiet? Did the angels get to you too? You know we always misunderstand them. We always do.") But I won't spoil all the fun lyrics about Buddha and Mighty Mouse - you should absolutely check it out yourself. This album is a must-have.

Favorite All Time Album.......2005-03-07

I don't know why nobody has really caught on to Jane. I have never heard her on the radio, nobody I meet ever knows who she is. I have introduced her to many people who instantly become addicted. Comic Book Whore is one of the most amazing albums of all time. Jane has a beautiful voice and hypnotic tunes. The words to her songs grab your heart and soul. I have had this album for years and it is still one of my favorites. This is a style of music that will never fade with time. A MUST listen-to for any alternative music or rock and roll fan, especially those who admire significant women in rock. She knows what it feels like to be a woman!

Listen.......2004-05-26

I was perusing my cd collection looking for music to review on Amazon that I hadn't reviewed. I came across Troma actress Jane Jensen's album "Comic Book Whore". I remember buying this cd at Best Buy when I was in college. The store had the cd priced at $8.99 so I couldn't resist. The cover art intrigued me quite a bit. At the time, I didn't know that Jane Jensen was an actress and worked mostly for independent film company Troma which is known for "Tromeo and Juliet" as well as "The Toxic Avenger". What I heard on "Comic Book Whore" was a sonic mish mash. There wasn't one particular sound that Jane was aiming for. Imagine if Beck Hansen was a woman when "Odelay" was made. "Comic Book Whore" ranges from everything from hip hop ("Luv Song") to rock ("More Than I Can"). The music didn't hit me right away. It took me a few listens for the album to sink into my sub-consciousness. Although the album didn't sell very well with the mainstream masses, it certainly proved to be very edgy and more interesting than the garbage that was being played on the radio in the late '90s.

refreshing to hear a female singer not bound.......2002-02-13

From the wannabe-wretched whine of Alanis Morissette to the oh-so-precious purr of Jewel, it's refreshing to hear a female singer not bound by pretension or packaging. Jane Jensen doesn't lilt where it would be pleasing to hear her lilting or whisper coyly where it would best butter up her listeners. She guides her voice by the emotion brewed inside of her, be that emotion coquettishly or unapologetically angry.
Luv Song is a perky ode to fawning fantasy while King is an energized flood of confessions. The ethereal Cowboy has a slip-away urgency while on Highway 90, Ms. Jensen mouths a lusting kind of danger. On Dreams Ridiculous Plausible she intones, "I must be dreaming..." and there is a sense of nocturnal confusion. Superstar has a hazy sheen to its yearning lines and Be Just Sound retains a floating chorus. Some of the other songs can be grating or borderline annoying, but this album altogether has an innovative use of vocal and technological mix.

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An overlooked gem!!!
An overlooked gem

Comic Book Whore
Jane Jensen
Manufacturer: Ichiban Old Emd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000DQNV
Release Date: 1996-10-01

Tracks:

More Than I Can
Luv Song
King
Cowboy
Highway 90
Listen
Blank Suger
Dream Ridiculous Implausable
Clumsy
Superstar
Be Just Sound

Customer Reviews:

An overlooked gem!!!.......2003-07-26

Widely overlooked by music fans, this CD was somewhat difficult to find when it first came out.

Jane Jensen's music is somewhat hard to define as it ranges from industrial to synth pop. The closest thing to her would be Garbage, although her voice is not quite as melodic as Shirley Manson's.

The first track, "More Than I Can" definately fits into the industrial classification. It is also a good opening song as it hooks you, but leaves you unprepared for the rest of the album's tracks. "Luv Song" the CD's second track, can only be described as bizaare. While it has a steady bat, it's accompanied by a playful guitar and even more playful lyrics. While the rest of the album is excellent theer is not enough room to describe the tracks the way they deserved, so I'll mention "Highway 90" ( a great driving song) which also is the closest thing this CD has to a title track. The last song I'll mention is my personal favorite "Dream Ridiculous Implausible". I find this song to be haunting and it always stays with me, no longer how many times I hear it. It is easily the most beautiful song on the CD.

So, whether you are looking to fill up that niche of female industrial or just looking for something different, I would strongly reccomend you buy this CD.

An overlooked gem.......2003-07-25

Having heard one of her songs (More Than I Can) on a CD that came with the first issue of Maxim, I sought out this CD, unaware of how hard it was going to be to find it. Still, I am glad I did.

Jensen is difficult to describe as her songs range from industrial to electronic pop. Each song on this CD remains a seperate entity in and of itself and still manages to compliment the other tracks. In a sense, she would most appeal to fans of Garbage, though her vocals are somewhat less melodic than Shirley Manson's.

While I would like to do a review of each song, I am afraid it would be an injustice to do so. The album itself feels a little rough at times but remains fun throughout. Thsi CD is a must have for anyone wanting a little estrogen in their industrial music or people who are just looking for something different.

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