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What DO Pretty Girls Do?
Kirsty Maccoll
What DO Pretty Girls Do?
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, International Music, Pop, Rock
 
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1998 release on the Hux label, a collection compiling allfour of her BBC Radio One sessions 1989-1995. Includes aneight page booklet alongside gems like 'Can't Stop KillingYou', 'There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swea...  more »

     
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All Artists: Kirsty Maccoll
Title: What DO Pretty Girls Do?
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Cleopatra Records/Ka
Release Date: 6/16/1998
Album Type: Live
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, International Music, Pop, Rock
Styles: Contemporary Folk, Europe, Britain & Ireland, Singer-Songwriters, Adult Alternative, Folk Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 741157028225

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1998 release on the Hux label, a collection compiling allfour of her BBC Radio One sessions 1989-1995. Includes aneight page booklet alongside gems like 'Can't Stop KillingYou', 'There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He'sElvis' and two versions of her cover of Billy Bragg's 'A NewEngland', one solo & the other a duet with Bragg! 15 trackstotal.
 

CD Reviews

Get it while you can!
05/11/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)

"As a massive Kirsty fan, I must admit that this is rarely the first of her CDs that I reach for when I need a fix. In a perfect world all her titles, including the magnificent 'best of" compilation "Galore" would not only be in print, but in every music library.Instead, all that is currently available in the U.S. is this collection of "unplugged" versions of some of her songs recorded for the BBC. It is a solid collection, but far from truly representative of her work. While I might not normally give it a full 5 star rating, I add a star to help make up for the lack of availability of more Kirsty music.If enough people buy this, then we will get more Kirsty. BUY IT NOW!"
Some beautiful moments!
jon sieruga | Redlands, CA USA | 10/19/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Kirsty's BBC sessions elicits some gorgeous tunes, like "Still Life", truly one of her all-time best songs that is not on "Galore" or any of the others I've come across. "Let's Have Another Baby" is very upbeat and fun(and Kirsty's impromptu giggle in the middle always makes me smile). "Don't Come The Cowboy" gets a very fresh, very nice reworking here(it's much slower and sadder than the studio version)and Kirsty as always is beguiling on the title track, one of her best songs. I'm one of the guilty people who waited too late to discover Kirsty, but if you're like me you have a lot of catching up to do. Find this one when you can, but perhaps after you're familiar with her studio output. It's delicious frosting!"
"Kirsty Unplugged! (To great effect, too!)"
jon sieruga | 11/05/1998
(5 out of 5 stars)

"A true find -- I ordered this CD "blind" thinking it was an album of brand-new songs, but was pleasantly surprised that it was a collection of Kirsty's radio sessions, done in a mostly acoustic manner. Billy Bragg's guest appearances are among the highlights on a pair of duets: Bragg's "A New England" and a very sweetly humorous ditty titled "Darling, Let's Have Another Baby." Other standouts include "I Can't Stop Killing You" (who knew it could still be so good minus the wah-wah guitar?), a rollicking "Free World," "Bad" (still chilling even without the knife-sharpening rhythm track), and "My Affair." The production work on Kirsty's records is always rather lush, so it's interesting to hear these songs without the usual sound -- and a pleasure to note how strong they are even in their "naked" state."