| Naked Movie Star | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Anti-folk [1] | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
| Producer | Lenny Kaye | |||
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Naked Movie Star is the second album by the American musician Cindy Lee Berryhill, released in 1989. [2] [1] Like her debut, it was released by Rhino Records. [3] Berryhill supported the album with a North American tour that included shows with Sarah McLachlan, and later, Kevn Kinney and Peter Buck. [4] [5]
Recorded in New York City, the album was produced by Lenny Kaye, who also played guitar on the album, credited as "Jones Beach". [6] [7] [8] Kaye helped Berryhill move beyond the acoustic trio sound of her first album by using jazz musicians; Berryhill was interested in working with him more for his work with Patti Smith rather than his subsequent production credits. [9] [10] [8] Berryhill played guitar and harmonica on Naked Movie Star. [11]
"Yipee" is a 13-minute beat poetry-inspired track. [12] "Trump" is about Donald Trump's 1980s real estate tactics. [13] "12 Dollar Motel" describes the existence of a prostitute. [13] The narrator of "Baby (Should I Have the Baby?)" contemplates an abortion. [10] "Old Trombone Routine" is about a faded musical act. [14]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [15] |
| Chicago Tribune | [12] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [16] |
The Washington Post wrote that Berryhill is "the most audible alumna of New York's anti-folk movement, but there's also plenty of post-punk edge and neo-Beat humor on her new Rhino album." [17] Trouser Press noted that "the first album's spirited quirkiness eventually re-emerges, complete with a new set of purposeful musical reference points." [9] The Chicago Tribune determined that "the musical diversity adds another dimension to Berryhill's terrific stories, which she tells in an arrestingly matter-of-fact voice." [12] The San Diego Union-Tribune concluded that, compared to the debut, Naked Movie Star "had a colder, more formal tone, the sound of a California kid who had strayed a long way from home." [10] LA Weekly called it "an impressive album by a distinctive artist." [18]
AllMusic wrote: "Just barely flirting with self-pity but never quite stepping over that line, thanks largely to a deflatingly self-mocking bridge that smartly punctures the overriding sense of 'woe is me,' 'What's Wrong With Me' also features the loveliest melody of Berryhill's career and a simple piano-based arrangement that makes it sound not unlike a Beach Boys ballad from the early '70s." [15]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Me, Steve, Kirk and Keith" | |
| 2. | "Old Trombone Routine" | |
| 3. | "Supernatural Fact" | |
| 4. | "Indirectly Yours" | |
| 5. | "Trump" | |
| 6. | "12 Dollar Motel" | |
| 7. | "Turn Off the Century" | |
| 8. | "What's Wrong With Me" | |
| 9. | "Yipee" | |
| 10. | "Baby (Should I Have the Baby?)" |
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