Schizophrenic cover (and a review!)
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foxmonkeyThese are popping up elsewhere...saw them earlier but couldn't post because WORK! I was at work! I seriously need to curtail that kind of thing at the workplace. Anyhoo.
From AZCentral.com
Chasez sorry for 'Schizophrenic' cover
Mar. 9, 2004 11:25 AM
NEW YORK - J.C. Chasez is apologizing after appearing on the cover of his "Schizophrenic" album in a straitjacket.
Bill MacPhee, who publishes Schizophrenia Digest and is himself a sufferer, criticized the cover, saying it portrayed real schizophrenics in a bad light.
Chasez has apologized and says he took artistic license with the cover. He says it was meant as a reference to a wide range of musical styles on the album.
And Rolling Stone continues to love on JC, saying, "Chasez made a strong chart entry with his debut album Schizophrenic selling 52,000 copies at Number Seventeen..." Go, Rolling Stone! I luv U 4eva!
From rollingstone.com
Chasez Draws Magazine's Fire
Album cover, title rub "Schizophrenia Digest" wrong
Though JC Chasez made a strong chart entry with his debut album Schizophrenic selling 52,000 copies at Number Seventeen, the record and its cover have drawn fire from the publisher of Schizophrenia Digest.
The album cover features the 'N Sync singer wrapped in a straightjacket with the title stamped over the image. During promotion for Schizophrenic, Chasez has said that the title refers to the broad array of different musical styles found on the album. But Schizophrenia Digest publisher Bill MacPhee took offense, as his publication asserts that the brain disorder "has nothing to do with 'split personality' or 'multiple personality.'"
"The title and cover image have ignored the Surgeon General's call on the entertainment industry to eliminate stigma to address the public health crisis that exists," read a statement by MacPhee.
Chasez cited the Merriam-Webster definition of the term
("contradictory or antagonistic qualities or attitudes") as the basis for his title, though he also issued an apology. Still, there are no plans to change the album's title or cover.
MARC W. DOLECH
(March 9, 2004)
Edited to add a Tower Records review, via Jayne and the JJB.
From towerrecords.com
As the second member of N Sync (after Justin Timberlake) to release a solo album, JC Chasez doesn't play it safe. As the title implies, the music on SCHIZOPHRENIC is intentionally eclectic. The sensual shuffle of "Some Girls (Dance with Women)" gets the album off to a lively start, and the acoustic funk of "She Got Me" follows, with Chasez's voice and delivery reminiscent of Jamiroquai. "All Day Long I Dream About Sex" is carried by synth and bass lines that recall New Order, and "Right Here (By Your Side)" features a gentle, tropical backdrop. What's clear in each one of Chasez's musical moves is that he's a powerful vocalist who can easily slide into any number of styles. And on "Come to Me," Chasez sings over the unmistakable main riff to Corey Hart's 1980s hit "Sunglasses at Night," an oddly appropriate nod to pop's past.
From AZCentral.com
Chasez sorry for 'Schizophrenic' cover
Mar. 9, 2004 11:25 AM
NEW YORK - J.C. Chasez is apologizing after appearing on the cover of his "Schizophrenic" album in a straitjacket.
Bill MacPhee, who publishes Schizophrenia Digest and is himself a sufferer, criticized the cover, saying it portrayed real schizophrenics in a bad light.
Chasez has apologized and says he took artistic license with the cover. He says it was meant as a reference to a wide range of musical styles on the album.
And Rolling Stone continues to love on JC, saying, "Chasez made a strong chart entry with his debut album Schizophrenic selling 52,000 copies at Number Seventeen..." Go, Rolling Stone! I luv U 4eva!
From rollingstone.com
Chasez Draws Magazine's Fire
Album cover, title rub "Schizophrenia Digest" wrong
Though JC Chasez made a strong chart entry with his debut album Schizophrenic selling 52,000 copies at Number Seventeen, the record and its cover have drawn fire from the publisher of Schizophrenia Digest.
The album cover features the 'N Sync singer wrapped in a straightjacket with the title stamped over the image. During promotion for Schizophrenic, Chasez has said that the title refers to the broad array of different musical styles found on the album. But Schizophrenia Digest publisher Bill MacPhee took offense, as his publication asserts that the brain disorder "has nothing to do with 'split personality' or 'multiple personality.'"
"The title and cover image have ignored the Surgeon General's call on the entertainment industry to eliminate stigma to address the public health crisis that exists," read a statement by MacPhee.
Chasez cited the Merriam-Webster definition of the term
("contradictory or antagonistic qualities or attitudes") as the basis for his title, though he also issued an apology. Still, there are no plans to change the album's title or cover.
MARC W. DOLECH
(March 9, 2004)
Edited to add a Tower Records review, via Jayne and the JJB.
From towerrecords.com
As the second member of N Sync (after Justin Timberlake) to release a solo album, JC Chasez doesn't play it safe. As the title implies, the music on SCHIZOPHRENIC is intentionally eclectic. The sensual shuffle of "Some Girls (Dance with Women)" gets the album off to a lively start, and the acoustic funk of "She Got Me" follows, with Chasez's voice and delivery reminiscent of Jamiroquai. "All Day Long I Dream About Sex" is carried by synth and bass lines that recall New Order, and "Right Here (By Your Side)" features a gentle, tropical backdrop. What's clear in each one of Chasez's musical moves is that he's a powerful vocalist who can easily slide into any number of styles. And on "Come to Me," Chasez sings over the unmistakable main riff to Corey Hart's 1980s hit "Sunglasses at Night," an oddly appropriate nod to pop's past.
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Date: 2004-03-09 02:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-09 02:44 pm (UTC)He's getting serious love from them, that's for sure. And no, I'm not complaining one bit. ;-) I'm hoping for a strong single, or at least a solid one, and maybe a cover. JC on a cover. I think I'd swoon and faint.
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Date: 2004-03-09 02:48 pm (UTC)Anything you ever do seems to rub somebody the wrong way. Nobody said anything when T.A.T.U. promoted pedophilistic material by appearing in their video in naughty school gilr uniforms. But this? Who cares? No one cares about the right sickness definitions in horror movies, so why shoud JC?
All hail to Rolling Stone. I really hope that all this JC friendliness is really about them making room for a cover story
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Date: 2004-03-09 03:09 pm (UTC)I really, really hope so. :-)
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Date: 2004-03-09 03:16 pm (UTC)...
Sorry, where were we?
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Date: 2004-03-09 04:11 pm (UTC)LOL! See, the look on his face in your icon is perfect. "Schizophrenic. Yes, if I'm not mistaken, that fits my musical direction perfectly. I shall bookmark the page."
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Date: 2004-03-09 03:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-09 04:14 pm (UTC)I'm thinking that would go hand in hand with a cover, especially Rolling Stone. They've been good to him since the release, so I think they'd do a good job with an in-depth cover feature. A nice, long feature. I'm hoping!