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Michelle Shocked - Captain Swing [Expanded]

Primary Artist
Michelle Shocked
Album Title
Captain Swing [Expanded]
Release Date
March 16, 2004 
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Review by Lindsay Planer
Corporate hellcat and musical wunderkind Michelle Shocked followed up her pivotal Short Sharp Shocked (1988) with Captain Swing (1989) -- the second entry in what she planned as a trilogy. The two albums are most definitely a study in contrasts. As the project's title suggests, she takes her message-laden selections into a Western swing and big-band motif. However, the artist's sly and often insightful lyrics remain true to Shocked's vision, and are rightfully at the center of her compositions. Read More
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