Annie Lennox

Lennox's first solo album in almost a decade is a moody, soulful collection that stands as her best work yet. Don't be scared away by titles such as "Bitter Pill," "Loneliness" and "The Hurting Time" -- Lennox's emotions may be stripped bare, but the songs are about surviving through adversity (a timely theme).

On Bare, her first album of new songs in eight years, Annie Lennox offers few surprises --
and that's fine. She has claimed a brand of stylish, postmodern soul singing -- pained but
detached; theatrical yet spare -- as uniquely her own, and she presents it here with all the
confidence her experience has earned. As always with her, the ballads (e.g., "A Thousand
Beautiful Things") work best; searching for hope amid heartbreak is the essence... More >