EW's GRADE
B-

Details Release Date: May 16, 1995; Lead Performance: Julian Schnabel; Genre: Rock

The self-obsessed painter almost defies knee-jerk Julian Schnabel-bashers with Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud, a confessional album of spacey musical Americana. Almost. There's an appealing lack of control to his vocalizing, a willing display of vulnerability that recalls a poor man's Dylan, circa New Morning. But when he sings ''I thought everybody in the world wanted to be me,'' his honesty approaches the grotesque. B-

Originally posted May 19, 1995 Published in issue #275 May 19, 1995 Order article reprints

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