Seastories - MINNIE DRIVER

Monday, July 16, 2007


Minnie Driver, who was signed to a recording contract before her renown as an Academy Award-nominated actress, returns here with the follow-up to her well-received 2004 debut "Everything I've Got in My Pocket." The overall template is calm, quiet, organic and acoustic, an ideal accompaniment to Sunday sunsets and merlot. Lead single "Beloved," featuring Ryan Adams on guitar, is as ideal as any cut among the dozen here—all of which Driver wrote—as a midtempo ode to lasting love. Other songs also reflect on ups and downs of relationships, highlighted by the moody tale of betrayal "Mockingbird," the countrified "How to Be Good" and the introspective "Coming Back to Life." As a whole, a triple A triumph with appeal to adults looking for a message inside their music. —Chuck Taylor

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