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Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby (2008)

Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby
Reviewed by Marc Weingarten | Oct 15, 2008
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Release Date: Sep 02, 2008; Lead Performance: Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby; Genre: Pop

Amy Rigby, a veteran singer-songwriter with a rueful streak, finds a grumpy and somewhat noisy foil in British new-wave veteran Wreckless Eric, of '70s hit ''Whole Wide World.'' (It should come as little surprise, then, that the two musical eccentrics are also married.) On Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, while Rigby decries ''Men in Sandals,'' Eric brings the slouchy self-pity on ''Another Drive-In Saturday.'' Rigby's voice is butterscotch, Eric's is bitter—two great tastes that taste great together. A–
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Originally posted Oct 15, 2008 Published in issue #1017 Oct 24, 2008 Order article reprints

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