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...each of them released a self-titled album on Kill Rock Stars. Later that year, Moon persuaded a BMG Music Publishing executive named Margaret Mittleman to see Lord open for indie-rock stalwarts Sebadoh. Mittleman had just signed a “crazy guy,” in Lord??s words, who was playing weekly shows at a New Hampshire flea market. Although Lord was shocked by Mittleman’s audacity in signing the offbeat singer/songwriter, she was so impressed with the executive’s musical instincts that Lord signed with her as well...
...sole product of Lord??s contract with The Work Group was the 1998 Got No Shadow, which she recorded with various session musicians. The album features guest appearances by several heavyweights, including Roger McGuinn of the Byrds and Jon Brion, a versatile Los Angeles musician who has produced albums for Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple and Rufus Wainwright. Lord??s old friends Colvin and Smith contributed as well. Though the album received a solid three-and-a-half stars from Rolling Stone and many other kudos, Lord says she feels it lacks emotion and energy...
Both critics and admirers of Lord??s work are quick to point out the lack of original material in her catalogue. Yet those reviewers who accuse her of lacking creativity fail to appreciate her long-standing commitment to sharing music as opposed to writing it. She says she views herself as an interpreter blessed with perfect ears, not a natural songwriter. In Lord??s mind, to play a mediocre composition merely because it’s her own is to cheat more deserving songs: “There’s not enough time...
...puzzling analogy, considering that it comes from a woman who is busy raising a three-year-old child, and it sheds light on the jarring effect that childbirth had on Lord??s career. The success of Got No Shadow was tempered by two events that occurred soon after its release. Within the space of a few weeks, Lord checked into rehab for alcoholism and discovered that she was pregnant. Although Lord says she was very much in love with the baby’s father, long-time boyfriend Kevin Patey of the Raging Teens, the pregnancy...
...wake of Lord??s double whammy, her record company abruptly curtailed promotion for the album. Without a tour to support it, sales fell short of their potential. For a female musician, Lord says, “it’s never the right time to have a baby, and it’s never the right time to go into rehab,” and yet she had done both simultaneously. Got No Shadow was be Lord??s first and last album released by The Work Group. Amid the sweeping music industry consolidations...