Word: cd
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...SMASHING PUMPKINS Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (Virgin). Raucous and sweet, pretentious and populist, this Chicago-based alternative rock group's hubristic double CD soared as high as its lofty ambitions, an Icarus with wings that worked. Bandleader Billy Corgan is adept at turning out swift, radio-ready hits, yet he also excels at creating epic art-pop songs that explore enigmatic ideas and twisting melodic pathways. For listeners looking to take a journey, not just a joyride, this is a trip that shouldn't be missed...
...year-old Elisa Izquierdo, a victim of child abuse, whose death in New York City became a symbol of America's deeply flawed child-welfare system. Under deadline pressure, Rivera needed to move quickly, so she turned for help to TIME's in-house research center. Using a CD-ROM directory, the staff was able to supply Rivera with a list of people who live in Izquierdo's apartment building. The results of her interviews appeared in last week's cover story...
...HAPPENED TO everybody. You hear a great single on the radio, so you buy the album. But, to your disappointment, the catchy single turns out to be the only listenable tune on it; the rest of your newly purchased $14.99 CD sounds like outtakes from The Bee Gees Anthology...
...happen with Groove Theory. The New York City-based alternative R.-and-B. duo, composed of producer-instrumentalist Bryce Wilson and singer-lyricist Amel Larrieux, have a hit (their sweetly insinuative single Tell Me has sold more than half a million copies), and, happily, the rest of their debut CD, titled simply Groove Theory (Epic), amply lives up to that first smash...
Born in Toronto, the young violinist grew up in Los Angeles and trained at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music. On her first CD, just released, she's being marketed a bit more wholesomely than her peers. "There is a fine line between really being able to convey something fresh and new and likable, and going over the top," observes Lisa Altman, vice president of Philips Classics, Josefowicz's label. "I don't think we've done that with Leila. She's got that Ivory Soap-Seventeen magazine type of appeal. We didn't want to take a short-term...