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Comic Book Whore

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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.

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.

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.

From the wannabe-wretched whine of Alanis Morissette to the oh-so-precious purr of Jewel, it's refreshing to hear a female singer not bound by pretension or packaging. Jane Jensen doesn't lilt where it would be pleasing to hear her lilting or whisper coyly where it would best butter up her listeners. She guides her voice by the emotion brewed inside of her, be that emotion coquettishly or unapologetically angry.
Luv Song is a perky ode to fawning fantasy while King is an energized flood of confessions. The ethereal Cowboy has a slip-away urgency while on Highway 90, Ms. Jensen mouths a lusting kind of danger. On Dreams Ridiculous Plausible she intones, "I must be dreaming..." and there is a sense of nocturnal confusion. Superstar has a hazy sheen to its yearning lines and Be Just Sound retains a floating chorus. Some of the other songs can be grating or borderline annoying, but this album altogether has an innovative use of vocal and technological mix.

If I made a movie I would use Comic Book Whore as my soundtrack. Its a great cd and Jane is not only a musician but an actor as well, she was in Tromeo and Juliet. She has another cd coming out sometime soon. I recomend this cd to anyone. It reminds me of the movie Tank Girl and it's soundtrack.

The music isn't much concerned with melody, just timbre, rhythm and atmosphere. The vocal delivery has so much personality, and the lyrics are so evocative, like Jane is some sleepwalking stowaway on a spaceship, telling you half-remembered stories and dreams. It sounds completely non-rehearsed. At the time this album was just another quirky alternative pop-rock album, but with that era behind us now, the album has proven to be so much more musically enduring than I would have imagined. More Than I Can is the most melodic, immediately catchy song, and a well chosen single, maybe even written for a single, but the stand-outs for me are Blank Suger and Dream Ridiculous Implausable, where Jane's multitracked vocals reach their peak of random colliding cuteness.

I don't know why nobody has really caught on to Jane. I have never heard her on the radio, nobody I meet ever knows who she is. I have introduced her to many people who instantly become addicted. Comic Book Whore is one of the most amazing albums of all time. Jane has a beautiful voice and hypnotic tunes. The words to her songs grab your heart and soul. I have had this album for years and it is still one of my favorites. This is a style of music that will never fade with time. A MUST listen-to for any alternative music or rock and roll fan, especially those who admire significant women in rock. She knows what it feels like to be a woman!

Jane. please. i've been searching all over for more from you and i know it's out there somewhere... anyone with any information on where jane jensen's other works can be located, please e-mail me!!!

This album is fantastic. Jane is so much fun to listen to. Just listen to Luv Song and you'll be hooked! She's the rocker chick Liz Phair only wishes she still was. Guys, you can put on a bullet proof vest, but she'll break your heart anyway.

I had this album on cassette tape and I listened to it so much the tape got warped. Now I have it on CD and I still listen to it all the time. It's a great album by a great singer/songwriter.