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February 26, 1998, 12:00 am [LICD Review] Boston Globe
Source: Boston Globe JAMES IHA LET IT COME DOWN VIRGIN; [Third Edition] Steve Morse, Globe Staff. Boston Globe. Boston, Mass.: Feb 26, 1998. pg. 8 Document types: Audio Review-Unfavorable Section: Calendar Abstract (Document Summary) Steve Morse reviews James Iha's album, "Let It Come Down." Full Text (183 words) Copyright Boston Globe Newspaper Feb 26, 1998 RECORDINGS Whoa, what happened here? There's probably no way this album would have been released if James Iha wasn't the lead guitarist for Smashing Pumpkins. Anyone familiar with his work with the Pumpkins knows how talented he can be, but this new solo CD is a disaster. Iha swaps his trademark, distortion-guitar sound for a sugar-coated, pop-lite style that may be close to his heart in some ways, but just isn't his forte. Nor does his voice suit most of this impossibly gooey material. He sings in a stiff, frothy style that makes Barry Manilow sound like Eddie Vedder. It's as if he took a happy pill, but it ended up being a sleeping pill. In "Lover, Lover," Iha muses, "On the way to the sun, there's a new world that's just begun." In "Silver String," he reflects, "Ooh, ooh, we're lovers, dear, and we're somehow together, tied, with silver string." It doesn't get much better elsewhere, except for "Winter" (which sounds like an homage to John Lennon's ballad side) and the slightly more peppy "Jealousy." Otherwise, this is molasses for the mind. Credit: Steve Morse |