
CORPORATE LINE: Nina Gordon is back. Six years after her debut solo album and eight years after her departure from Veruca Salt, the singer-songwriter with the emotionally intimate voice returns with Bleeding Heart Graffiti. A concept album about the beginning, middle and end of a relationship–being alone, finding yourself and becoming strong again–Bleeding Heart Graffiti was produced by Bob Rock [Veruca Salt’s Eight Arms To Hold You, Gordon’s solo debut Tonight And The Rest Of Your Life as well as Metallica, Bon Jovi, etc.]. Warmer and more organic than her first album–but still pop–Bleeding Heart Graffiti paints a new picture of Nina Gordon.
THE GOOD:
“Christmas Lights” – The verses are lovely. The chorus grows and swells into a beautiful pop hook that is closer to Sheryl Crow than Britney.
THE AVERAGE:
“Kiss Me ‘Til It Bleeds” – A cute song that is Aimee Mann if she sold her soul to Top 40 radio. There are moments of splendor and others drunk on saccharine.
“Suffragette” – Gordon rides too much on Sheryl Crow’s coattails.
THE BAD:
Nothing.
FRANKLY: Nina Gordon sounds like Aimee Mann with Sheryl Crow’s hooks. It would appear to be a winning combination until you realize Gordon doesn’t take the best of each artist. Gordon is missing Aimee Mann’s dramatic songs of despair and Sheryl Crow’s massive hooks. Overall, Bleeding Heart Graffiti is lackluster.
+ Rae Gun
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