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Rip It Up, Issue 168, 1 July 1991, Page 5

DEFINITION OF SOUND

SAM PHILLIPS '^ z ' -' ,4su ® BE Wil- ■ ***** ****"W * JII4 1 */'>»■ / .MSwaU ' *-A |f W- , • Cruel Inventions Ten new originals by this gifted young singer/songwriter. Alternatively barbed and blithe, ironic and deeply felt, consummately crafted yet completely honest. SAM PHILLIPS' deft musical inventions cut both ways—to the heart of the matter and to matters of the heart. Produced by T Bone Burnett Assisted by Elvis Costello, Van Dyke Parks, Marc Ribot.

4 1 ’ f 5/ ’ JBMI DEFINITION > > OF SOUND Love And Life A Journey With The Chameleons "We are not rappers, we're narrators on life—public speakers" says Kevwon. He and The Don are DEFINITION OF SOUND. - The effect of "Love And Life's" cross-hatching is firstly to leave you wondering whether this is a 'rap' album at all and then to make you realise that it doesn't matter. Definition of sound have deliberately trashed the boundaries seperating raps Daisy Age and the golden age of pop, and in doing so have launched themselves into the future. Tomorrow is now, De La soul is dead Definition Of Sound are having the most entertaining identity crisis around. (8) Roger Morton NME

SMASHING PUMPKINS Gish IJ. Jr?-' "4 , M . • ■ I 40 • 1 I ■ - ' ■ Extraordinary SMASHING PUMPKINS aim to be quiet and loud in the same song, sometimes at the same time, and always strapped to a writhing metal groove. To say that the Pumpkins play hook laden uncrompromising rock 'n' roll is to sell them short. So what exactly is the sound of SMASHING PUMPKINS? GISH.