Scritti Politti

As 'Provision,' Scritti Politti's newest album, proves, these British popsoulsters can make a
dizzy, glistening brand of song – rapt music. Cupid & Psyche 85, their previous album, was a
diverse package of likable rhythm & blues, a full-bodied approximation of East Coast cool and
the West Coast sparkle of Shalamar in its prime. In such songs as "Perfect Way" and
"Hypnotize," Scritti Politti deftly exhibited an implicit understanding of popular c... More >

Wonder how much Green knows about Immanuel Kant, who rhymes with "Gaultier pants"--more than you or me, probably, and less than he should before he starts name-dropping. But thereafter he strives to right his arty rep. The ones that begin "Gonna get that girl," "I wanna get 'em girl," and "Get you girl" proceed as you'd expect, into a flighty funk of positively offensive banality. I always thought his pretensions were kind of fun myself. (Grade: C+)