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June 2002 Rock Pop Alternative

Written by Joe Hartlaub

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Artist: G-Spot
Title: Experience the Pleasure
Label: Self-Released

G-spot is Gail Silverman. First of all, a word about the packaging. The theme of EXPERIENCE THE PLEASURE is, well, pleasure, with an artistic rendition of, uh, a pair of thin, half-parted lips repeated throughout the cover. Yeh, not those lips, THOSE lips. The theme continues throughout the CD, and it contrasts with Silverman's baby-girl voice and delivery. Then again, maybe it doesn't.

The problem here is that it is doubtful that EXPERIENCE THE PLEASURE would hold much interest without the scatological artwork and the occasionally graphical lyrical content. It's not that the music here is bad; it's just this kind of girljangle rock has been done to death, and done better, all the way back to the '60s; Robin Lane and the Chartbusters, Color Me Gone, and Wednesday Week all pioneered this path, and while they didn't finish the book on it, there's no need to do a rewrite. Even when Silverman rocks out on tunes such as "Sweet Lies" there is nothing distinctive about what she's doing. And, unfortunately, her attempt to get funky on "Piece Of..." Is at once embarrassing and disastrous. For the most part, however, listening to EXPERIENCE THE PLEASURE is like watching a pretty girl walk by when you're all ready in love: she holds your attention for as long as she's within your periphery of vision, then is forgotten.

Interestingly enough, Silverman is at her best when she becomes introspective. "True North" is an interesting examination of the facets of her personality, as is "Who the Hell Are We?" while "Why," which seems to lift a lyric or two from "Take Me To the River" is as stark and honest examination of a reaction to a breakup as I've heard recently. Except for these high points, however, any interest one might derive from EXPERIENCE THE PLEASURE would be momentary, at best.

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