Paul Mardles 

Neneh Cherry & the Thing: The Cherry Thing – review

Neneh Cherry, collaborating with the Thing for her first outing since 1996, has produced a masterclass in controlled chaos, writes Paul Mardles
  
  


Long before Buffalo Stance and Manchild, before Neneh Cherry was a star in her own right, she was a member of Rip Rig & Panic, the free-spirited jazz-punk troupe whose sensibility she evokes on her first album since 1996. Recorded with Scandinavian trio the Thing, it is an eight-track set comprising mostly covers, from rapper MF Doom's Accordion to her late father Don Cherry's Golden Heart. The standout, though, is Suicide's Dream Baby Dream, which, much like Cherry's version of the Stooges' Dirt, is turned into a masterclass in controlled chaos.

 

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