Album Review - Various Artists - Sound of Superman
John Metzger
Boys will be boys, and rock 'n' roll is their playground -- hence the
stream of comic book characters that dot its musical landscape, not the
least of which is DC Comics' action hero Superman. Artists as diverse as
AC/DC (What's Next to the Moon), Genesis (Land of Confusion), XTC
(That's Really Super, Supergirl), Eminem (Superman), and Jim Croce (You
Don't Mess Around with Jim) have drawn The Man of Steel's world into
their own. Coinciding with this summer's return of Superman to the
silver screen, Rhino compiled the 14-song set Sound of Superman, but
instead of emphasizing artists with a proven track record, the
collection takes a significantly less costly approach of featuring a
slew of relatively unknown power-pop ensembles.
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