Comic Book Whore

Jane Jensen, ?????????? | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 7, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Interscope Records
• ASIN: B000001Y3P
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,839 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't let the title fool you..., April 1, 2005

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Falena L. Paul "versephone" (Oakville, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Comic Book Whore (Audio CD)

This album came out like the first firefly in summer when the guys were pretty much swamping the music scene. Her song release, "More Than I Can", actually did get airplay, and I considered it a hit. Don't let the title fool you. Jane is more serious than comic books, and she has more substance than your general "whore". Her lyrics are deep, intelligent, and insightful - profound poetry put to electronic, bass-driven, techno-type pop rock.

The true artistry is in the fact that all this meaning is cloaked in Interscope Records' plucking, prodding, and polishing. It's covert, almost, as if they tried to hide Jane Jensen behind a cardboard cut-out of a teenage boy's fantasy, and out leaked the supergirl. Isn't that the way it is, though? We gals learn early what personas are presentable, only to find the presentation isn't worth it at all. What counts is the stuff we've been hiding...the stuff of us. Take, for instance, "Clumsy", where Jane Jensen asks, "You want the girl that you see...so why the h*ll don't you want me?" Or the confessional, "Highway 90", where she admits, "I think about a girl, she lives so fast. She coulda been a Super Sonic Chica. If she could get off her *ss."

My personal favorites are the tracks where she gets strong in her lyrics, such as "Listen" ("You, You're going to listen to me now. You, You better watch yourself this time.") and "More Than I Can" ("That's just more than I can give. I'm gonna save myself first..."); and the tracks were she gets philisophical, such as "Be Just Sound" ("Kafka's no bedtime story.And you're no morning glory.") and "Superstar" ("So why you wanna be so quiet? Did the angels get to you too? You know we always misunderstand them. We always do.") But I won't spoil all the fun lyrics about Buddha and Mighty Mouse - you should absolutely check it out yourself. This album is a must-have.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very impressive album, August 31, 1999

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This review is from: Comic Book Whore (Audio CD)

I bought this album in a used CD store for two dollars, having never heard her music before. One listen in the CD player at the store and I was hooked. I took it home and was blown away at how fresh and original the music sounded. But like others have said, I can't find any other work from her. Please e-mail me if you know anything.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Listen, May 25, 2004

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Erica Anderson (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Comic Book Whore (Audio CD)

I was perusing my cd collection looking for music to review on Amazon that I hadn't reviewed. I came across Troma actress Jane Jensen's album "Comic Book Whore". I remember buying this cd at Best Buy when I was in college. The store had the cd priced at $8.99 so I couldn't resist. The cover art intrigued me quite a bit. At the time, I didn't know that Jane Jensen was an actress and worked mostly for independent film company Troma which is known for "Tromeo and Juliet" as well as "The Toxic Avenger". What I heard on "Comic Book Whore" was a sonic mish mash. There wasn't one particular sound that Jane was aiming for. Imagine if Beck Hansen was a woman when "Odelay" was made. "Comic Book Whore" ranges from everything from hip hop ("Luv Song") to rock ("More Than I Can"). The music didn't hit me right away. It took me a few listens for the album to sink into my sub-consciousness. Although the album didn't sell very well with the mainstream masses, it certainly proved to be very edgy and more interesting than the garbage that was being played on the radio in the late '90s.