Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman has never been a mirth merchant, but her sixth album, Let It Rain, is a bum
trip even by her somber standards. The gospel inflections and hand claps of "You're the
One" and "Say Hallelujah" at least hold out the possibility of redemption, as the music
momentarily lifts from its austere acoustic haze. But Chapman's primary subject is pain:
"Another Sun" hungers for death over a creeping bass line; the tremulous shado... More >